You Get What You Want When You Don’t Need It Anymore
What does it mean to want something?
What does it mean to want something? It means that you lack something and you have the desire for that thing. For example, I could be hungry and so I want some food to eat. If I don’t eat, my body will be in pain.
Is it the same for emotional desires? Yes, that seems to be the case. Because when you feel disconnected to others or that you’re not doing worthwhile work or that some other emotional desire isn’t being met, you feel pain too. And if you don’t do something about it the pain is only going to continue.
Just like when your body is telling you it needs nourishment, your emotional body tells you that it needs nourishment.
However, I could be hungry and want food but suffer because I don’t think there’s any food in the house. Obviously, it would make sense to check and not stress myself out. But in this scenario, I didn’t and stressed myself out for no reason despite the fact that I could’ve gotten my needs met.
This is what I believe humans tend to experience when faced with emotional desires. There is a way to get our needs met, but we look around and don’t see the means to get them met.
