Believing that you’ll feel good when you finally get what you want will cause you to suffer because nothing on the outside can permanently fulfill you. Look into your past and you’ll see that no external condition has ever satisfied you for long. Since one desire is followed by another, chasing desires ‘out there’ can keep you on a hamster wheel that leads nowhere. When you quiet your mind and tune in to yourself, you find that all the stuff you’re looking for outside yourself is really just…
Just icing on the cake.
Steve and Jarl
This strikes me as the real touchstone for us in a society as delusional and addicted to everything possible as ours. I hope to find ways to spread this message!