It’s More Than Just Want, Desire Goes Deeper
It goes deeper than just wanting. To desire something is to place emotional investments to what it is you want. To simply want something is not the same as to desire something. Desires are tied to other emotions. There is often a feeling of need. If you never get what you want, you can still be happy as long as you have what you desire. To simply say you want something, says you would be happy with something else. If you have desires something, it tells me you can’t really settle for anything else.
Desires will often drive us further than want. A relationship for instance, will last longer if there are desires to stay together, versus a want to stay together. You will make sacrifices for desire, but rarely for want. The use of the word desire has declined over time and I believe it is not because people do not desire things as much. It’s simply been replaced with want.
Many people believe desires are only used in reference to sexual inclinations. Passion, lust, yearning for somebody in an intimate way. For many that same passion, lust and yearning can be placed on an emotional state. The desire to find love or to get another job before you rage quit, because you just can’t take it any longer, goes beyond just a want, you are emotionally engaged in the need. You need or want another job to give you peace of mind. No one ever likes to admit they need love, so they usually just claim to want it.
Love – Desire or Want
I personally have found, that those who simply want to find love are not likely to invest too much into a relationship. Those who have desires to find love are willing to give it 110%, no holding back. No what’s mine is mine, it won’t become ours. No me myself and I, it will never we. People who desire love in there life will let the love grow with no holding back. More people need to state what it is they truly feel when hoping to find love. Is it something they desire or something they simply want.
Try It
The next time you want something, think about it. Is this something you want or something you desire. Don’t just say, You want something when what you really mean, you desire it. You may get better results. You may find out what you think you desire is just really a want. The term want seems so selfish compared to desire. Most every time I have simply wanted something, it was for myself, but my desires most always include somebody else.