"You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need"
Wants and needs. Interesting relationship between wants and needs, I think.
We have the superheros version of RHPS (sometimes called the UK Version). After Janet sings her verse, we sing the chorus of this Rolling Stones classic. But we stop before we sing the last two lines. The all important last two lines.
My way of looking at life isn't the right way. It isn't a better way. It is not the natural or intended or moral way. It's just the way I look.
And I have a need to look and to keep looking. It's what I do to get what I need. I'm more than curious about how I work and how human beings work. And I either spend a lot of my time with that in mind or I spend a lot of my time numb.
I've tried numb. I've tried angry and frustrated. I've tried prolonged periods of hate. And I've tried prolonged periods of love.
Love works for me. I can have compassion for myself when the going gets tough. I can withstand a lot of drama -- mine and others.
But the glue that holds that in place is the inquiry into what it is to be a human being.
Sometimes I forget that others don't care about that inquiry. To me, it is as natural as breathing. I just sometimes forget that it's what I made up to get my basic human needs met.
It's neither right nor wrong, good nor bad, moral nor immoral that other's are not rigorously soul searching as their dominant mode of operation. Sometimes I go down that tunnel, though. Sometimes I get frustrated with folks playing a different game.
I do have to expand though. I've got all my eggs in one basket. That is not a good idea. :)
In all the communities in which I spend time, there is one that provides sufficient feedback to keep me from doubting the value of my existence.
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need"
Wants and needs. Interesting relationship between wants and needs, I think.
We have the superheros version of RHPS (sometimes called the UK Version). After Janet sings her verse, we sing the chorus of this Rolling Stones classic. But we stop before we sing the last two lines. The all important last two lines.
My way of looking at life isn't the right way. It isn't a better way. It is not the natural or intended or moral way. It's just the way I look.
And I have a need to look and to keep looking. It's what I do to get what I need. I'm more than curious about how I work and how human beings work. And I either spend a lot of my time with that in mind or I spend a lot of my time numb.
I've tried numb. I've tried angry and frustrated. I've tried prolonged periods of hate. And I've tried prolonged periods of love.
Love works for me. I can have compassion for myself when the going gets tough. I can withstand a lot of drama -- mine and others.
But the glue that holds that in place is the inquiry into what it is to be a human being.
Sometimes I forget that others don't care about that inquiry. To me, it is as natural as breathing. I just sometimes forget that it's what I made up to get my basic human needs met.
It's neither right nor wrong, good nor bad, moral nor immoral that other's are not rigorously soul searching as their dominant mode of operation. Sometimes I go down that tunnel, though. Sometimes I get frustrated with folks playing a different game.
I do have to expand though. I've got all my eggs in one basket. That is not a good idea. :)
In all the communities in which I spend time, there is one that provides sufficient feedback to keep me from doubting the value of my existence.