Satisfied Desires

I like something I read yesterday.  It can be applied to many things – even our yard!  It is a quote from C.S.Lewis. “Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for desires exists.  A baby feels hunger; well there is such a thing as food.  A duckling wants to swim; well there is such a thing as water."
I would add a bird wants to fly; well there is such a thing as air to fly in.  But the way the birds carry on, sometimes I would not know.  They seem to enjoy walking.  When getting out of the way of the car so often they seem to walk away rather than fly away.  It causes us a bit of angst as they seem to not mind going close.
I will never forget as a kid sitting in the back seat of a car seeing a bird on the road.  I pointed it out to the driver.  They said, “these birds have a special way of getting under the car.”  I looked back and there was the bird sprawled out on the road.  It seems their “special way” was to die!
Our yard looks a picture when looked after.  Given time it looks daggy again.  It is a cycle.  My desire is it look tidy.  Satisfaction exists.  In this instance not by itself but when we make it happen.
It seems satisfaction for desires exist but can be contested too.  If a baby does not get food, it dies.  It is totally dependant on another to see its desires satisfied.  A duck wants to swim, but there is water that is turbulent.  Not all water is an environment that promotes peace and tranquillity.  Our yard can be a picture.  But there are weeds and leaves and uncontrolled growth that cause it to be another way.
In every instance it may be another or myself that is needed to bring about satisfaction of a desire of mine.