Longing

It is bad to keep longing for something that one can never have. Too much of it and it can consume you. Replacing one obsession with another will only exacerbate the mentality of the person.

Then again, how does one responds to the concerns of their loved ones or their confidants? Sometimes we hear the argument being that the concerned party is afraid of losing the person. Is that true?

The reason for one's obsession with something could be due to an aspiration or it could be due to a promise or it could be due to an unyielding self-filling purpose not unlike Münchausen syndrome. How many of us can truly understand and help the person we care about most?