The root of suffering is desire

Whew, sometimes the depths and viscosity of my bitterness even surprises me, and I'm plumbed this abyss more than once in just the recent year. I have to keep reminding myself: Compassion, compassion, compassion. Even people who I perceive as having "won" need compassion, maybe more than I do. It's just that I know that I'm slowly going crazy in this stewpot of madness, and I can't keep pushing myself down in the boil if I really do want to crawl out for good.