Monday, September 22, 2008

Needs.

To be human, is to have needs. And to be vulnerable, is to not have those needs met. But where is the barrier in which the desire to fulfill our needs overtakes our mindset of rational thought and peace of mind? To whom are we denying benefit to when we make the choice to give into our needs or to push them aside? Are all needs, good needs? First we must consider what a need is, why it exists, and what happens in the reaction to fulfill them. Simply, a need occurs naturally in our bodies to express something required for survival, or physical/emotional well being. Although, we must note that something we desire or "need" may help us in one area (for instance smoking a cigarette) but harm us in another area (helps some stabilize emotionally, yet physically harms us). So in those cases, it would be necessary to weight the severity of each of the needs and determine what is more important. Needs exist for many different reasons. Our need for food stems from our natural goal of survival. But let's say that maybe someones desire to have food comes not from the need to survive physically, but the desire to combat one's feelings suppressed emotionally. Now, all of the sudden, a once beneficial need for food turns into a mask for fear of dealing with the true issue, and ultimately harms, rather than benefits one's physique. The question we must ask ourselves, is if exercises was turned to instead of the tendency to over-eat, would this supplement for our emotional outcry be sufficient? And if you were in this position, would you be as motivated to deal with your emotional issues if you turned to eating rather than exercises? Because I know that if I rigorously exercised to cope with my emotional problems, and reaped the benefits of a great body, I wouldn't be as rushed to "fix" my emotional needs. So then we must ask ourselves if it is correct under any circumstances, to find alternate, evasive methods of dealing with problems. Dealing with a problem incorrectly yet is in some way beneficial, is still dealing with the true problem incorrectly. Finally we must consider what happens when we attempt to fulfill our needs. What happens when we sacrifice our self, or our well being in some area, to fulfill a need elsewhere? Then we will have fulfilled one need, yet sprouted another. Would you call this successful? And also, what happens when we cannot fill our needs? Sometimes, they grow. The desire to find fulfillment increases, and so does our possibly irrational behavior in attempt to find solutions. And maybe that's not all of us. But society demonstrates that as the intensity of the need increases, the more limitless one becomes in determination to find a solution. We see it in politics. Small problem, and the governments find a equally small, rational solution (usually!). But its the bigger problems that we have trouble with. When the need expands, so does the possibility to consider irrational solutions in attempt to close a hole seemingly too big for rational thought. It is here where we compromise humanity, for progress. And we are too happy with ourselves to realize that what is irrational will never be a competent solution. Here in lies the downfall of our past and present problems in the government. The seemingly increasing need for a solution allows us to accept any solution we come across. So conclusively, the way we choose to fill our needs can heighten the area of our life which the need stemmed from, or dig the rabbit hole deeper than it ever was. Ultimately the choice is yours.

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