What I thought I wanted was not really what I wanted. My mind just concoted those goals, so that I could go towards them and escape current unpleasant situation. Once I did that, I learned that the grass was not greener on the other side.
I can connect with this. My current situation is not the greatest and I'm frustrated with it daily, but from an outside view (which I develop myself), things are pretty peachy and comfortable. It's a struggle thinking about what could be and what is, especially when you don't have the foresight to know how either will actually pan out.
I can relate to that. For me the lesson is: We are often confused about what we want, and society/evolution makes us want stupid things. It takes conscious effort to really author our desires
