Definition: a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment
Desire, to me, is a very powerful engine in life. Only if there is desire, that motivates one to work for satisfaction. Earn money to satisfy my materialist desire; Crame myself with GMAT to satisfy my desire in academic advancement; Please another person to satisfy my desire of love. In economics terms, theory bases on assumption of human having unlimited desire, yet there is limited resources. Therefore there is scarcity and one has to make choice.
In contrary, in Buddhsim, desire lies at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. "菩提本無樹，明鏡亦非臺；本來無一物，何處惹塵埃."
There is no right or wrong. It's all about one's choice and be responsible for his choice.
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- "Maybe true love is a decision. A decision to take a chance with somebody. To give to somebody. Without worrying whether they'll give anything back. Or if they're gonna hurt you, or if they are the one. Maybe love isn't something that happens to you. Maybe it's something you have to choose" From Love and other disaster
- "Look, in my opinion the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what-have-you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with" by Juno's Dad
- "I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love.” by Carrie Bradshaw
- If you love something, set it free; if it comes back it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was.
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