The transformation of desire happens when we become less concerned about the fulfillment of our own desires and more concerned about the fulfillment of others. We find, paradoxically, that it is the very pathway to fulfilling our own. The positive cycle of desire works because the primary thing being imitated is the gift of self. This is the positive force of mimetic desire behind every beautiful marriage, friendship, and act of charity. In the end, wanting is another word for loving. And that, too, is mimetic.
