If we are willing to listen, people will tell us what they need from us. Their needs are often quite different from their wants. Wants are much easier to express, but they tend to be superficial manifestations of our needs. Needs run deep and they are usually buried far beneath the distractions of daily life,…
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Letting Our Needs Be Known
We have to know ourselves and our limitations. We cannot assume that others will consider what we need or what is best for us. Most likely, they have a difficult enough time figuring out what they need and what is best for themselves. We must, therefore, know ourselves and speak up for ourselves. If we…
Time For Our Wants
We do not always have the time to do the things we want to do. What we must do should take precedence. While those things we must do make our lives possible. Those things we want to do make our lives worth living. We have to find a balance between these. We have to find…
On Principle And Purpose
Our principles should take precedence over our desires. What we want should never be more important to us than what is right. The problem is that, without a clearly defined, tested, and proven set of first principles in our lives, it is very difficult to know the difference between what we desire and what is…
The Winding Path To Contentment
It is okay to admit that the things we thought would make us happy, in fact, do not. Every single one of us has a story, perhaps even several, that we tell ourselves, about what our ideal life might look like. We think, if only we could have or experience this or that, we would…