What do we really want?

Hello there again,

Firstly I am sorry that it has been such a long time since my last post. I promise to do one post every week from now on.

So for this week I really want to talk about our wants. Yes, to a certain extent I mean the small things, like: "What do you want for dinner?" but in general I am talking about the bigger things that we say we want.

Throughout my life I have heard a lot of people say things like: "I want (insert a want here) more than anything else" and I cannot help but wonder why they then do not do everything that they can to achieve that. No I understand that there are certain things that a person cannot have immediately because of a range of different circumstances, but that really would not stop that person from working towards that want in the future.

Okay, so as human beings, we are prone to pretty much always want new things, the latest cellphone or car, or even that latest dress or brand of makeup. In my case it is a new computer, board games, car, appliances for the house, etc. etc. So we prioritise what we want first, what we want more than anything else at that one particular moment.

Now, as I said, we may say we want one thing, more than something else, but then we go out of our way to get the other "less wanted" thing. This does not really make sense according to what we say. So I have decided to do something in my life: I try to listen to what people say less, and watch what they do instead.

I guess my point is that we really should start thinking about what we say we want, and what we really want. This will really help us to be more decisive, and stick to our decisions. If you want something, and you REALLY want it, more than anything else, then you really will do EVERYTHING that you can to get said thing.

This can range from the smallest of things to the biggest, but every decision has an affect on you, and the people around you too, so think long and hard about what you really want before you make this decision.

I know I have made a few wrong decisions in my life, as has everyone else, but we have the chance to learn from these decisions and thus make better choices in future.

Just something to think about.

Until next week,

Liam Joubert