what do we really want in life ?

i wondered recently 

with life and its ever changing situations 

and with all of its ups and downs

with all the fluctuations of life

with all the different situations 

clearly at each and at every single point it seems

that we have this ever growing (need)

it could be materialistic it could be an intangible thing that we desire 

its amazing how sometimes we switch from wanting a box of chocolates to wanting love affection

and its also amazing in the same retrospect that we go and buy things 

just to feel wanted or to feel that we are within the crowd 

when all that was wanted was the need to belong 

basically speaking 

we have Maslow's Hierarchy of needs 

interpreting what we need as human beings 

what is considered to be basic 

and from it we can trace all what follows after from that 

but when you think about it

needs are changing in life 

what you used to need before is not what you need right now

something that is now rendered obsolete

and you keep on thinking of what is next 

what you really want 

and then comes the big question 

(What Do We Really want in life?) 

of course lets break this down a bit more into details

you have wants and you have needs

and basically what you need is something necessary to live by

and what you want it simply an extension of your desire 

- so to speak -

and it just is mind boggling to see mixing up of what you really need with what you want

and how people just fell into that trap (including me personally) of just buying stuff

and buying more stuff since the old stuff became useless 

(which is false since that old stuff is perfectly fine)

we have fallen into a mess ! 

of buying stuff in the name of (need) when you just do not need them

we have became something of a consuming society 

where personal possessions rule us 

and some of us are the lucky ones who survived all this 

or who are well aware of this ! 

just remember 

there is a difference (as i mentioned before) 

from what you want and what you need !