You don't want the thing itself, you want how you believe it will make you feel. The success, the money, the attention, the love, they're all mirrors for emotions you think are missing. But the feeling has always been within you. You chase the reward, hoping it will bring peace, joy, or worth, yet those emotions can be created long before the goal is reached. When you learn to feel the way you want to feel now, the chase loses its desperation, and the things you once chased start finding their way to you.