How to Stop Obsessing Over Things You Want
“You only lose what you cling to.” ~Buddha
I want to be famous. I want to earn lots of money. I want boxes of expensive chocolates. I want people to like me. I want you to think that this article is the most amazing thing youâve ever read.
Enough about me. Back to the Buddhaâs quote. âYou only lose what you cling to.â This doesnât make any sense, does it? Surely you only lose what you donât cling to?
I think there are two ways of making sense of this idea.
First, what we cling to slips away from us.…