What Do You Desire

I am quite interested in desires. What people want and the lists they sometimes make and I became even more interested when I came across an advertisement saying 'click here to find out what women really want'. This then got me wondering what is it that I desired and then thinking about what I wanted for my birthday because this generally has people thinking and making lists of what they really want. I began to question and ask myself if the things I wanted, material items, made me seem a self centered person. Do I want to get pretty candle holders, new shoes, cushions for the home, an ipod to replace my diskman so that I no longer have to carry five cds around with me, perfume ecetera. Do I really need these things? Will I use them and how often? Why do I want thoes things so badly? Is it just because of the image, the packaging, the beautiful ad that was played on the t.v? I was taking to a friend who wanted a bottle of perfume so badly that she just ate bread and butter for months so that she could save up and buy it. But what was really lovely was when she told me that she had framed up the packaging because it was too special and involved so much hard work to just throw it away. To me, this act was just beautiful. That desire has become a moment that is to be always kept and remembered.

What I was interested next was what happenes after that first desire and we have another thing that we want and must have. Some write a list, ponder about it, and then somehow we might eventually get it. And what are we attracted to? I know that I am attracted to anything glossy, shiny, sparkly and usually expensive which leads me to being slightly disappointed and sighing alot about it. This desire, longing for things, where does it stop and why are we always wanting? Is it an escape from reality? Is desire dangerous? Is it a good or bad thing?