needs and wants

Try to realize that desires are many, but needs are few.
Needs can be met...
The wishes never.
Desire is a need that has gone mad. It is impossible to satisfy him.
The more you try to satisfy him, the more he will ask.
There is a Sufi story that when Alexander the Great died and arrived in paradise, he was carrying all his weight: All his reign, gold, diamonds...
Of course not in reality, but as an idea.
The guardian of the portal of paradise began to laugh and asked, "Why are you carrying so much burden"?
And He replied, “What a burden”?
Then the guardian gave him a scale and in one of his pans he placed an eye and asked Alexander to put all his weight, his greatness, his treasures and his kingdom in the other pan.
But that eye still remained heavier than the entire kingdom of Alexander.
The guardian said, “This is a human eye. It represents human desire and cannot be satisfied, no matter the size of your kingdom and the intensity of your efforts.”
Afterwards, the guardian threw some dust into the eye, which immediately blinked and lost all its weight.
A little dust of understanding needs to be thrown into the eye of desire.
Desire disappears and only need remains, which is not heavy.
The needs are very few and they are beautiful.
Desires are ugly and turn human beings into monsters: They create madmen.
Once you start choosing serenity, a small room will suffice, a small amount of food will suffice, few clothes will suffice, and just one loved one will suffice.