Wants May Prove You Cherish Power And Not Harmony Or Contentment

Wants may prove more a curse than a blessing.

We can wish for 'X' and 'Y', but whether they will really satisfy us do we really know?

We may desire many things. Both physical and inanimate.

But again what good would they really do. Some people have so much money that they can afford whatever they want - but are they happy, or do they just chase the next trinket. Just that their trinkets are big and expensive, and ours not.

But does all that make them happy and content, satisfied with life and helping them reach their potential?

What do you think?

We may fall prey to desires of the flesh, but that road is full of danger as well as the idea of physical satisfaction and excitement.

Is there not more, many will cry?

We may fancy going on holiday to such and such, or crave living in some exotic place. Or covet another person's lifestyle - perhaps our favorite celebrity.

We may cherish gold or gems, or just cherish a letter from a loved one on a scrap of paper, now moth eaten - yet still it touches our heart when we open it and read the heartfelt words written to us.

Does that make the letter of greater worth than the gold or gems - probably. Which would we rather have - something we could exchange for lots of money or a worthless piece of paper (to anyone else) which is worth a king's ransom to us?

So all in the eyes of the beholder once again.

Wants may prove to be a real hurdle in life.

Do wants make us happy? Do they have that power?

What do we really require in life?

• shelter
• water
• food
• rest

And what else?

• we need values
• we need talents and to be able to use them
• we need confidence to act and be ourselves
• we need motivation to get the most out of each day
• we need to respect ourselves for who and what we are
• we need to accept ourselves for how we think and act
• we need to feel worthy
• we need to grow and develop over time

And

• we need to become more aware
• we need to explore the life we have
• we need to give and take in equal measure
• we need to contribute according to our abilities and energy

And

when we find ourselves the wants we once had may or may not go away.

They may be modified in the light of our new(er) experiences.

They may seem less important and less satisfying.

They may not demand so much of us or have the same appeal.

Because

• With greater understanding comes wisdom.
• With greater awareness comes insight.
• With greater acceptance comes freedom.

And

we may find that we are more of an integral whole.

We need less outside influence and excitement.

We find that we are more comfortable with ourselves. And we need less outside stimulus.

Wants may prove to be the challenge that makes us identify and understand more about ourselves.

And then we know that life is having an affect on us. Our focus has changed.

We are more in harmony and contentment with ourselves and in tune with life itself.

And the changes in us are obvious to the eye and seen in the things that we do, and how we do them.

We are becoming more - day after day.