Oh speaking of thinking and seeing the world in our own way, read this;
http://www.commonground.ca/iss/0410159/cg159_geoffUniv.shtml
I love that article, thinking back it might have influenced me quite a bit too.
27 Feb 2006
11 Feb 2006
Wantwantwant
Do you know what you want?
I know exactly what you want...what you dont have.
And you know its true, because even if you answered "nothing", you certainly do not have nothing, you are sure to have something, anything. Seriously though, everyone desires what they do not have, and in many cases they mistake want for need. I hear that all the time; I have to get that...I need it! As I recall there were only a few actual needs in a human's life. Food, water, clothing, and shelter. I'm not sure who first made that list, but it sucks doesnt it? I think they should add to that (if they havent already) , companionship and money. In this day and age, you basically need money to get food, clothing and water, if youre living in highly urban areas at least.
The way i see it, if youre in urban areas you need only money, and that will get you most everything else, even companionship (yeah lets face it financial security is attractive, no point arguing otherwise).
As usual i've gone off on a tangent, lets head back to wants.
Most of the things you want, are completely useless or nonessential. I know i'd like to have a nice new computer comprised of some super expensive cutting edge technology, but the laptop i'm currently typing at does just fine for most of the things i'm doing already. I'd like to buy an external hard drive, but honestly i could just burn off everything i'm not using right now to cds/dvds and clean out my hard drive. I would like the cafeteria to stay open late, but i could just sleep instead of hacking away at the computer at this ungodly hour.
Wants dont really seem to be based in reality sometimes, havent you had fantasies of having some crazy adventure, saving the day, being a hero and getting the girl/guy of your 'dreams'? Well yeah thats not likely to happen any time soon. I think thats why escapism is so popular, from fantasy stories to roleplaying games, they let us live through such things through them.
Wants are a focus in some cases, a goal to head to. Perhaps a journey without end, but often, the journey is what is truly important, not its ending. Some wants are unhealthy, where the want is so great that it becomes obsession.
The saying goes; the Grass is always Greener on the other side. If we stopped to look at what we already have, i think many of us will see that wants really are just that, things we want, but do not need. Many of us live comfortably, others not so well and others still live in opulence. If more people wanted to help others rather than amass more belongings, would the world not be better? The fact of the matter is, i think if we spent as much as we do on our wants to provide others needs, a lot of problems would be solved. An idealistic view perhaps.
We should be thankful for what we have right now instead of chasing dreams all the time. As i said goals are fine, and dreams shape where we head to. But just stop to take a look at what you have once in a while, after all, you might miss whats right infront of you while gazing into the distance.
I know exactly what you want...what you dont have.
And you know its true, because even if you answered "nothing", you certainly do not have nothing, you are sure to have something, anything. Seriously though, everyone desires what they do not have, and in many cases they mistake want for need. I hear that all the time; I have to get that...I need it! As I recall there were only a few actual needs in a human's life. Food, water, clothing, and shelter. I'm not sure who first made that list, but it sucks doesnt it? I think they should add to that (if they havent already) , companionship and money. In this day and age, you basically need money to get food, clothing and water, if youre living in highly urban areas at least.
The way i see it, if youre in urban areas you need only money, and that will get you most everything else, even companionship (yeah lets face it financial security is attractive, no point arguing otherwise).
As usual i've gone off on a tangent, lets head back to wants.
Most of the things you want, are completely useless or nonessential. I know i'd like to have a nice new computer comprised of some super expensive cutting edge technology, but the laptop i'm currently typing at does just fine for most of the things i'm doing already. I'd like to buy an external hard drive, but honestly i could just burn off everything i'm not using right now to cds/dvds and clean out my hard drive. I would like the cafeteria to stay open late, but i could just sleep instead of hacking away at the computer at this ungodly hour.
Wants dont really seem to be based in reality sometimes, havent you had fantasies of having some crazy adventure, saving the day, being a hero and getting the girl/guy of your 'dreams'? Well yeah thats not likely to happen any time soon. I think thats why escapism is so popular, from fantasy stories to roleplaying games, they let us live through such things through them.
Wants are a focus in some cases, a goal to head to. Perhaps a journey without end, but often, the journey is what is truly important, not its ending. Some wants are unhealthy, where the want is so great that it becomes obsession.
The saying goes; the Grass is always Greener on the other side. If we stopped to look at what we already have, i think many of us will see that wants really are just that, things we want, but do not need. Many of us live comfortably, others not so well and others still live in opulence. If more people wanted to help others rather than amass more belongings, would the world not be better? The fact of the matter is, i think if we spent as much as we do on our wants to provide others needs, a lot of problems would be solved. An idealistic view perhaps.
We should be thankful for what we have right now instead of chasing dreams all the time. As i said goals are fine, and dreams shape where we head to. But just stop to take a look at what you have once in a while, after all, you might miss whats right infront of you while gazing into the distance.
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