It is human nature to constantly desire something or the other. We set goals in life, work hard to achieve them, and when those goals are fulfilled ahead of time, a strange sense of emptiness sets in. A journey meant to last 50 days ends in just 20, and the remaining days begin to feel meaningless.
This is why it’s sometimes better for some desires to remain unfulfilled. It’s not that we shouldn’t try to achieve them, but their incompleteness keeps us alive for them. These unfulfilled desires become a part of our thoughts, our imagination, and our emotions. We keep yearning for them, without really knowing whether, if they were to come true, we would feel the same happiness we had imagined.
Desires that are fulfilled often lose their charm.
When a wish is fulfilled, it comes with a certain finality. There’s satisfaction for a while, but soon those feelings begin to fade. Sometimes, when we deeply long for something and finally get it, we realize it wasn’t what we had imagined. And then a pang of disappointment lingers in the heart — “Was this really what I wanted so badly?”
The pain of longing — that’s what life is.
Sometimes, a person or a dream we love deeply never becomes ours — or perhaps shouldn’t, because if it did, it might break us. It’s the incompleteness of that longing that makes it beautiful. Unfinished love, incomplete dreams, unfulfilled hopes — these are what make us truly human. These feelings give us depth, compel us to reflect, and keep our sensitivity alive.
Sometimes, unfulfilled desires feel the most complete.
Perhaps if we had received some of the things we longed for, we wouldn’t have valued them. We wouldn’t feel what we feel today. It’s what we never attained that keeps pushing us to become better. That incomplete dream gives us a reason to wake up every morning — and because of it, our soul feels alive.
Conclusion
Not every desire needs to be fulfilled. Some are better left incomplete, because they are what keep us human. What is incomplete is what keeps us whole. And what has always been yearned for, but never attained — that is often the most precious.
So, if some of your desires remain unfulfilled, let them be. Don’t chase them endlessly. Sometimes, the joy of simply desiring is enough.