Monday, January 19, 2009

Wants and needs

I was at the apps store for my iPod Touch. I discovered an application there that was so useful that my pulse quickened. I saw the new possibilities open before me like the Red Sea. I NEEDED THIS APP!

I read further. As it turn out, for it to work I needed to upgrade a program on my Mac that would set me back $71.00.

I didn't want to spend that much money, as I didn't NEED the upgrade. But I WANTED the new app. In the end I did an assessment of my life and what I needed, and that very useful, can't live without it, application didn't make the cut. I do admit that now when I see it advertised, I feel a tinge of longing. But I can tell myself that I don't need it, that my life is fulfilling as is.

I am reminded once again that contentment is not a place I spend myself into, but rather a choice to be at peace with where I'm at.

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