Desire - I want - want less

What if we could provide ourselves with more peace when it came to personal possessions, and fewer desires and cravings, and less animosity from those around us when it came to possessions, or hearing from us a constant stream of endless self-centered 'I want this item' or 'I want this car' or 'I want this person' or 'I want this ..."

Why not want less? When you see the beautiful thing that you want, consider do you really want it? Or do you just like looking at it? Will it make you happier having it? Do you have the means to obtain it? Who would you make upset if you try to obtain it?

For example, if you look at another's clothes, and want their clothes or clothes like theirs, will it bring peace if you try to obtain their clothes, or tell them that you want their clothes? Or their car? Or their relations?

Perhaps it would bring more peace to just look at the thing, and consider, "That's a beautiful thing. Maybe I could get it or something like it, but then what would that bring me? Do I have the money for it? Would the owner get upset if I tried to obtain it?"

Instead of looking at something, and wanting it, and craving it, if wanting and craving create discomfort and unhappiness, perhaps a better solution would be to want it less.