DESIRE: The Fuel For Success

Desire: The Fuel for Success
Today people probably think of desire as the emotion of wanting something. This understanding of the word probably came from its origin. Derived from the Latin word, “desiderare,” desire means, “to long for or wish for” (Online Etymology Dictionary)”.However, desire has a deeper meaning. Desire doesn’t just mean to wish for something, but it stands for what drives us to work hard to achieve our goals. Desire fuels success because it makes us work harder to be the best.
Desire means “to long or hope for” (“Desire” Merriam 211). This definition doesn’t do any justice to the word. To hope, sounds like wishing something would happen just because it would be nice if it did. Just hoping for something doesn’t get the job done. Sometimes it takes a little hard work to increase the chances of it happening. In today’s society we want things handed to us because we aren’t willing to w...