Need versus want has intrigued me for a long time. The two words have reminded me of two songs that I listen to over and over again:
Dylan in Memphis Blues Again: “Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want”
And the Rolling Stones in the You Can't Always Get What You Want: "You can't always get what you want, but if try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need."
I always think of these lines in juxtaposition. Dylan's is more of a come-on and the Stones is more a mix of resignation and contentment. The trick in life is to have the contentment without a feeling of resignation, missing out.
But there are times, when one is really down and out, that a want is something one truly needs. Imagine someone dying of thirst in the desert. But I guess even then, maybe someone should let go of the want for water and embrace the need for peaceful acceptance of the inevitable.
And how the Grand Canyon is Plan Proof! As Michael Tyson once said "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
Thanks again for a reminder that every once in a while it's good to consider what we burden ourselves with unnecessarily as we muddle through life. Here's to hoping for more moonlight as the moon is currently waxing. But alas, it is likely to be obscured by the predicted storm clouds now gathering over the not always pacific ocean.
Thanks, Rick. Excellent thoughts, beautifully stated. BTW, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was such a close runner for music on this one, I fussed around for half an hour trying to decide!
Need versus want has intrigued me for a long time. The two words have reminded me of two songs that I listen to over and over again:
Dylan in Memphis Blues Again: “Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want”
And the Rolling Stones in the You Can't Always Get What You Want: "You can't always get what you want, but if try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need."
I always think of these lines in juxtaposition. Dylan's is more of a come-on and the Stones is more a mix of resignation and contentment. The trick in life is to have the contentment without a feeling of resignation, missing out.
But there are times, when one is really down and out, that a want is something one truly needs. Imagine someone dying of thirst in the desert. But I guess even then, maybe someone should let go of the want for water and embrace the need for peaceful acceptance of the inevitable.
And how the Grand Canyon is Plan Proof! As Michael Tyson once said "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
Thanks again for a reminder that every once in a while it's good to consider what we burden ourselves with unnecessarily as we muddle through life. Here's to hoping for more moonlight as the moon is currently waxing. But alas, it is likely to be obscured by the predicted storm clouds now gathering over the not always pacific ocean.
Thanks, Rick. Excellent thoughts, beautifully stated. BTW, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was such a close runner for music on this one, I fussed around for half an hour trying to decide!