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os ot gs bk">A sunset can be perfect when you simply accept it and enjoy it without comparing it to other sunsets you’ve seen in the past.</p><p id="3145" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">“I’ve seen better.”</p><p id="570b" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">Likewise, whatever age you are will be perfect if you let go of desire and accept it fully. But if you compare it to another age, it may be lacking.</p><p id="1fe1" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">The saying “the grass is always greener on the other side” is a cliche because everyone believes it. It’s the crazy, all-consuming desire the Buddha warned us about 2,500 years ago.</p><p id="4d28" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">Desire compels us to wish we were somewhere else even though we can only ever be in one place—right here, right now. But we seem to have an aversion to being where we are.</p><p id="c6e3" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">We always wish we were someplace else, had more money, or were younger. That’s only three of the thousands of desires that can consume us — drive us crazy with wants and needs and feelings of lack — all when, right now, we have everything we need.</p><p id="9a2d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">Right now, we are perfect.</p><p id="2f17" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ny nz gz oa b ht ob oc od hw oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot gs bk">Desire is the Achilles heel of the human condition. It is the gateway drug to unhappiness, dissatisfaction, anger, greed, and violence. 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