Desire is like a disease

Desire is like a disease, and if we give desire a helping hand, then it will grow within us and eventually we will become the slave of our own desire. When we look deep inside, desire never brings us happiness but only pain, because when desire controls us, we have to work very hard to fulfill the demands of our desire whose needs are often impossible to fulfill. For instance, it is like trying to fill up the whole ocean with stones — an impossible task. Therefore, instead of working to satisfy unrealistic goals, in my opinion, we should simply try not to give in to desire, because we cannot really achieve its wishes and in the end we may only experience more misery.