It’s pounded into our heads since kindergarten
It gradually inflates the metallic balloon of the self
It feeds delusion 24/7
It renders invisible the needs of others
It’s A.P. everything
It’s resumé padding
It’s the guerrilla infiltration that brings ruin to families
It’s the acceleration lane to hell
It’s a mantra chanted constantly
It’s the journey and the the destination
It’s the rock in the wingtips that you forget is there
It’s the 140 item To-Do List on the Smart Phone in the Coach purse
It’s what makes apologies unimaginable
It’s the backbone of imperialism
It’s vice masquerading as virtue and honored hourly
It’s confirmation of the First Noble Truth
It should be included in the next edition of the DSM-5
It warrants a sustained, serious, systematic, and sophisticated de-tox program
It’s Ambition
In the notes to his translation and commentary on The Sutra of the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh lists ambition as one of the five worldly desires.
