Constant Craving

There is a song that came out in the 90s. It was a huge hit. I did then, and still do, love this song. I'm listening to it right now. Besides the melody, I loved the lyrics. They were really deep to me when I was younger but now that I'm older and listen to them I really feel them even more. Ima post the lyrics and let you read them.


Constant Craving

Even through the darkest phase
Be it thick or thin
Always someone marches brave
Here beneath my skin

And constant craving
Has always been

Maybe a great magnet pulls
All souls towards truth
Or maybe it is life itself
Leads wisdom
To its youth

Constant craving
Has always been

Craving
Ah ha
Constant craving
Has always been

Constant craving
Has always been
Constant craving
Has always been

Craving
Ah ha
Constant craving
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been


(k.d. lang/Ben Mink)


The lyrics to this song are so true, don't you think? Aren't we always craving something, wanting it so bad, wishing that we had something that else, whatever that else is?

Especially in my own life there are examples of this. When I didn't have a job all I ever said was I wanted a job, please give me a job, I need a job. Then when I got that job after a while all I said was I hate this job, i need a new job, this job sucks. I never seemed to be satisfied, with anything, at any time. After a while the craving kicked in and I wanted more, different, better.

But then something changed in my life. I can't really identify what it is that changed but whatever it is it has totally affected my outlook.

I think on some level its the craziness that it happening globally. It's the death and destruction in Japan, the fighting in the Middle East, it's the vast and widening gulf between the rich and poor here in my own country that has erased some of that constant craving.

I'm relaxing more. I'm learning to appreciate all the good things happening in my life. I still want things, still crave them actually but now I have a better idea about how to love the time I have. I waste time less, I value more. My cravings are manageable. I have more positive emotions. I have learned that shit could be much much worse, and collectively for us all they may well get much much worse. But if I don't continue to appreciate the time that I have right now, when things are going pretty good, how the hell will I be able to function when things are bad?

That's my life right now and I'm thankful for it.

Here is the actual video in case you've a mind to watch it.