Friday, July 6, 2012

Want vs need






As humans, we are wonderfully dissatisfied. I say wonderfully because our ever renewing needs can also mean passions and goals. But it can also mean never having enough, always looking for something more. Which can be exhausting. Tomorrow, i'll be better or tomorrow i'll get this. What if we don't freaking get a tomorrow? So let's all think about what we want, harbour that wild hope whilst still enjoying the present.

Here's what I really want:

I want to be happy. I want to be in love. I want to be courageous enough to welcome love. i want to keep my child-like passion for everything. I want my dad to live long and healthy. I want my sister to grow strong and less dependant. I want my friends to be happy. I want to laugh out loud. I want the beach, the sun and the wind. I want to have no regrets. I want to travel. I want to have more money to fuel my passions. I want to love myself-wobbly bits and all. I want to find my place in the world. I want a role in a movie, a book under my belt and a blog viewed by millions. I want to launch a business. I want to be healthy. I want to continue wanting but to be satisfied with what i have and accept that what you want and what you need might be two different things. Yet sometimes, there might be the same. xox


Here's food for thought, a wonderful excerpt from my current obsession:


"There where countless conversations between Andy and I, as he teetered on the edge of honoring who he really wanted to be and what he really wanted to do, versus staying with the safe option, in his need to provide for his family and the fear of NOT knowing if he took the plunge as an actor, would it pay off?
We went back and forth, weighing up our options, until we came to a clearing in the conversation and the choice became blindingly obvious. I then asked the question.. ‘What would the most inspiring choice to make as a father, be? Would it be for Jesse Red to know that his dad took the safe the option, or that he believed in himself enough to follow his passion and the do the thing that made him feel most alive?’
 At that point Andy looked up, with a big smile, his blue eyes blazing and pulled out his phone to call his agent."
Maybe McQueen

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