Often in life, we get distracted, and we lose focus on our ultimate desires. We begin to confuse wants with needs, using them as one in the same; when they are completely different. We get greedy, and weak. We begin to think we need everything, and want even more.
You begin to convince yourself, that your wants are your needs, and that they're one in the same. That couldn't be farther from the truth. I know I've often fell guilty of this as well. I get ungrateful for what I have, and that my needs are fulfilled in life, and that my wants are truly wants; and not necessities.
Here are my needs.
- Water
- Food
- Shelter
- Career
- Happiness
If I have those 5 needs, my life is complete. That is all that is necessary to live a successful and happy life. We all need to learn a more simplistic life, and be grateful for what we have. We do not need everything under the sun. We do not need to be consumed with greed, and wanting desires.
We must maintain our needs, and fulfill them. Do not confuse your wants, with your needs. The next time you think you need something, just think to yourself, can you live without it; in most cases you can. There are very few necessities in this world, that you absolutely have to have.
There is nothing wrong with having wants, but you must keep them separate from your needs, and never confuse the too.
We do not need relationships. We do not need love. We want love. We do not need girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, wives. We want them, and they are amazing, when the time is right, but it is not a need. It may feel like a need, and it will help complete the need of happiness, but it cannot be the key to your happiness. There are many wants that will help fulfill your needs, but they are not needs. You must learn to be independently happy, and to enjoy life; and fulfill your needs on your own, before you can truly love.
Never confuse wants with needs.
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