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That we pursue something passionately does not always mean that we really want it or have a special aptitude for it. Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have. It is usually safe to predict that the fulfillment of an excessively cherished desire is not likely to still our nagging anxiety.
In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.
-- Eric Hoffer --
from The Passionate State of Mind
Well, one part that I can agree with is that even getting what we want doesn't satisfy us for long.
Do we often go after substitutes instead of what we really want?
Is the chase more important than the capture or the acquisition? Or, possibly another way to ask: Is the journey more important than the destination?
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