Question: Why is it hard to give up our desires?

That is what some people need to ponder. There are some desires that it is impossible to have them.

@Shavkat We cannot have everything we would love to have.

@LadyDuck I do agree with your thoughts about it.

@Shavkat It is helpful to have a guide that all people can use to determine what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'. Our Creator provided a guide book so that we can have real freedom - freedom to pursue the proper desires and joy we all want in life, but guidance so that our freedoms do not infringe on the freedoms of our fellow man. The beauty of following the laws and principles found in God's word, is that we educate ourselves as to what our 'manufacturer' tells us is beneficial (which makes sense) and then choose to work within that framework. Even if that means we cannot do just whatever we want. I think reasonable people realize that freedom must be relative. If we do so, we will be at peace with ourselves and our fellows.

You have a point. I do hope that intangible desires can be achieved. But then, there are times that we cannot have them. Although we can still be hopeful.

That's a good point about the type of desires one strives to achieve. To achieve success through deception, or at the expense of others, as with your example is to accomplish a false goal.

I do think that we can have our own desires to certain things but they should be attainable. Speaking of goals, we can set our own short-term and long-term goals to be motivated to have them.

The funny thing about our best traits, is that they can also be our worst! What makes something that is good and a gift, turn into something ugly? It is certainly not wrong to desire, let's say, a home. But if that desire crosses the line into wanting someone ELSE's home, a proper desire, becomes covetousness. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying food, even for pleasure (think chocolate cake!) it is the overindulgence or practice of overindulgence, that can make us ill - a greedy desire for something that in and of itself is merely one of the many delights in life. The relationship between a man and a woman can be a beautiful, fulfilling thing. When in the proper framework. But it can also wreak so much havoc and heartache if not done in the right way. Despite what many think today. It is cause and effect. It is also balance.

You are on point to certain things here. I do think that there are unacceptable behaviours that can lead to self-destruction. In the long run, it can still be changed if the will to change.

Speaking of having the desires of the basic needs, we do really need them to survive.

@Shavkat

We can also say that. It depends on a person's lifestyles in life.

@Shavkat I agree with you.

I agree. If we do other things, we can still achieve something in life.

It is also my hobby to daydream. It is free so we can do this whenever we want.