Morning at the market: Desire, Longing, Need
Presented by Téo Schumer, journalist
If a person is envious, they will want to have what another has, to be able to do what another does, to be, even, what another is. From then on, envy often finds itself caught in a painful spiral, it "gnaws" at the individual, because no one ever succeeds in being what another is. Need, on the other hand, is calm: it identifies what is lacking – and disappears as a need as soon as it finds it, as soon as it finds bread if it was hungry, water if it was thirsty, appropriate medication if it was ill. Desire is neither envy nor need: it takes the human being out of themselves and drives them towards "something else" which, once attained, propels them towards something else again, endlessly.
Robert Maggiori.
