Of wanting and having

Wanting a thing doesn't get you the thing, it just creates more wanting. Wanting a thing focuses on all of the reasons why you don't/can't/shouldn't have it. Wanting doesn't lead to having, it leads to more wanting, because the more you focus on the reasons that you don't/can't/shouldn't have something, the gloomier your outlook gets until you're either a crushed little person with no self-esteem (I'm not worthy!) or someone who is angry at the world most of the time because it never lets them have what they deserve (I do all this stuff, and what do I get for it? Tears and heartache! It's not fair! I hate you! Because you're obviously the reason that this is going wrong, since I did everything that I was supposed to do so it's clearly not because of me that things aren't working!)

( But wait, there's more! )