We get What We Desire

To some degree we all get what we want. Maybe not all we want but what we most deeply desire ends up finding its way to us. If you are skeptical about this, try writing down one desire each day for a month and see what happens. Open your hands to let go of expectations. What might your worries reveal about your attachments? We may tell ourselves, I can only be truly happy if I find a life partner, get my dream house or a particular job, or ___ .

It’s dangerous to make your sense of well-being contingent on a particular outcome. What if you don’t get what you want? Or what if you do?…