Desire to Desperation
Many people have
desires to achieve various goals, but these burning desires can sometimes fade
away for personal reasons. To ensure a burning desire remains alive, one must
transition from desire to desperation.
Before delving into
how to cultivate desperation, let’s clarify the difference between desire and
desperation. Desire is the longing for something to enhance your life, while
desperation is the urgent need for something to save it.
Consider the example
of a person who wants to lose weight and start walking. Every time the alarm
rings, he hits the snooze button. Now, if the same person becomes desperate to
lose weight for an upcoming photo shoot to create a portfolio for a modelling
audition with a major agency—the last opportunity he has to break into the
modelling industry—he will not wait for the alarm, he will immediately put on
his shoes.
A desire without a
strong need can lead us nowhere. However, when a strong need fuels the desire,
it can drive us to become desperate in life. While the term
"desperate" often carries a negative connotation, it can be
appropriate in the right context when the cause is justified.
M.L. Narendra Kumar
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