Just human nature!

What is it about human nature that makes us want something we can't have? Lets use a gorgeous $5000 Dulce & Gabana bag sitting in the store front window as our "coveted object". Why do we do this... Is it, as they say, the thrill of the hunt... the excitement, or adrenaline rush you get when you do something you probably shouldn't be doing? You have the credit to purchase this bag, but know that really, realistically speaking its not within our grasp. So we walk by the store front window everyday, covetting it, thinking about it, how amazing it would be if it was on your arm, how great it would make you feel! We give this object so much power over us, we seem to lose sight of what it actually is... not yours!

Thinking practically... is there any benefit to this kind of behavior? I mean, in the long run, you will most likely end up with out it? That "handbag" will still be sitting in the store window, and lets say you do purchase it, you will likely have that overwhelming guilt building up everytime you see the credit card bill (that you likely can't pay), which will cause you to either never use the bag for fear of ruining it in which case, what was the point of actually getting it, when you're original intention was to enjoy it, covett it, and flaunt it - knowing that everyone who sees it hanging on your arm will covett it as much as you! Or you'll have to take it back, which will likely cause a slight period of grief, as if we were attending the funeral of a friend of a friend. You know, your sad, but only because you only got to experience a little bit of the satisfaction, and never got the fulfillment of calling it yours.

Not having lots of experience in this field... i don't really know what happens if you obtain your coveted object, but i can imagine that either, one usually just doesn't obtain it, or, you obtain it and it isn't all that it is cracked up to be. Maybe we set ourselves up for failure in this aspect; we give the object so much hype, or power over us, that we really lose sight of what it actually is. and if/or when it may actually be within our grasp we don't even want it as much anymore because the hunt/chase for it is over?

OR maybe...
Perhaps it is all its cracked up to be, and we do obtain it, what next? Are we satisfied... are we going to die happy knowing that we finally have this object of our affection? Will it make us as happy as we had hoped... will we look as marvelous as we hoped with it hanging on our arm, will it be the end all... be all of what we currently are? Who knows... maybe thats whats what we truly like, is the uncertainty and vulnerability of the entire scenario?

Well, thats enough of this random rant... what do you think?