Poem from Pema

Wandering in the world of desire involves looking for alternatives,
seeking something to comfort us—food, drink, people. The word desire
encompasses that addiction quality, the way we grab for something
because we want to find a way to make things okay. That quality comes
from never having grown up. We still want to go home and be able to
open the refrigerator and find it full of our favorite goodies; when
the going gets tough, we want to yell “Mom!” But what we’re doing as
we progress along the path is leaving home and becoming homeless. Not
wandering in the world of desire is about relating directly with how
things are. Loneliness is not a problem. Loneliness is nothing to be
solved. The same is true for any other experience we might have.

Pema Choden