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Saturday

WANT AND NEED (a truce or truth)


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   For most of us when we were little we all had this notion of what we want to be when we grow up. When someone ask us who we want to be, in our young and innocent minds we begin to dole out series of professions we would like to take up. For example, we want to be an Engineer, a Doctor, a Lawyer, an Architect, a Banker and so on. But what we never knew at that point was what 'life' as it is will throw at us. At that time we never see beyond our noses, rather all we saw was a life full of beautiful roses.

    Still as we grew much older, some under the comfort of their parents or guardians, we still didn't understand where we were heading, because at that point we still didn't know the difference between what we 'wanted' and what we 'needed'. Why? The truth is, for some what they wanted to become actually worked out for them, they attended school or started a business and achieved their lifelong dream in becoming ‘whatever they said they wanted to be, but for the majority it’s in the opposite direction, because one way or the other, life or something happened that altered that notion they had when they were still pretty young.
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    But wait a minute, in the previous paragraph I'm definitely certain you saw or noticed a word in bold letters right? What is the purpose of that? If you really observed right from the first paragraph, we've been talking about what we want to be when we grow and in the second paragraph we used the word 'whatever' too. The untold fact is, most of us never ponder about this question:  who do I need to be when I grow up or in another way that do I need to be as I grow older?  Now to address this question and to ponder deeply about it, we need to leave what I want to be aside and think of  who I need be .

     The untold truth is, to understand who we need to be, it takes "humility and modesty". Why you may wonder? Well as humans our wants is insatiable, we always want the best of the latest. The latest cars, apartments, shoes, clothes, bags, phones, gadgets and appliances. We even want the current most beautiful ladies and handsome men. The spirit of what we want drives us to a point when we begin to feel desperate, sad and empty despite our present level of various achievements. So how can we be happy within?

    First, we have to understand the value of who we need to be. Why? If we take time to ponder on who we need to be, it will go a long way to helping us know what we need Let's take an instance, if you have learned to be a patient person which is one of the qualities we need, when you observe that a coworker or a friend isn't fast about doing something, you'll understand and easily go with the flow. Or let's say you are expecting something from a person, patience also helps you not to put pressure on them. The same goes for other beautiful qualities that exist.

    Secondly, what we need comes from necessities and essentials. Just to make it easier to understand, you can read these texts on your screen; you can scroll and do other tasks. You can touch, feel, cry, laugh and express yourself through various means. But the question is: Do you know there are millions of people who can't do what you can? Do you know there are millions who need just a pinch of what you can do or possess? So, rather than pursue the things you want, seek   qualities you need because they'll build and help you to knowing your essential. Let's work on who we need to be not what we want to be. Keep your fingers crossed for the next one, entitled. Let me keep you all guessing.
LOVE, LIFE AND LIVE.

MacKennery Heartz
a touch of mine

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