“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well you just might find, you get what you need!” ~ The Rolling Stones
Hard to believe that after 62 years, The Rolling Stones, are still touring and performing for audiences all over the world. While watching a friend’s video post of their recent concert in Phoenix, I was reminded of one of their most iconic lines, “You Get What You Need!”
Wants & Needs
How many times in your life did you feel like you weren’t getting what you wanted? Was it a promotion, a relationship, a raise, a house, a car, the winning lottery number, etc.?
How often do you find yourself getting so focused on what you don’t have, that you lose sight of the fact that you are getting everything, yes everything, you need in the most important areas of your life?
Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you shouldn’t work toward achieving our goals. I’m just saying, if you overlook the areas where you ARE getting what you need, you might find yourself in a constant state of “never enough” which is really a scarcity mentality, and that always leads to unhappiness.
(I AM) Never Enough
Which may explain why so many people are unhappy these days? It may also explain why so many folks expect something for nothing or feel entitled to more and more. I believe that this unhappiness and sense of entitlement comes from a deeply rooted need to feel like they are enough.
The trap they fall into is believing that external objects can fulfill this not enough, scarcity mentality. And it doesn’t matter if the external object is more money, a new toy, a new relationship, or more likes on Instagram or Facebook.
It never will be because it is insatiable!
Want a way out?
3 Big What IFS?
- What if once a week you took an inventory of all the areas of your life where you got what you needed that week in your business, your life, and your relationships?
- What if everyday you woke up and made a list of everything in your life you were grateful for? And then reviewed the list before you went to sleep each night?
- What if you were to decide right this minute, that YOU ARE ENOUGH?? That there is no person, place, or thing that will make you happy if you’re not happy with yourself and where you are in this very moment?
And then maybe, just maybe…
“You might find, You get what you need, Ahh, yeah-h-h, Oh“
Till Next Time…Keep Rollin’
