What do you really want in life, are you able to get it?

Philippines
September 19, 2010 5:38am CST
Sure a lot of us have wants and needs. Some are able to get them, and some, not. But let's put aside the needs because sure all of us have different basic and extra needs in life. I think wants are more complex. We all have wants that sometimes can't be granted that we get disappointed and even depressed sometimes. But what is your greatest want in life? Is it a material thing, or something intangible? What do you really want in life? Are you able to get it? If not, what's stopping you?
11 responses
@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
19 Sep 10
I do want to do the things I like and earn from that. I know I am doing it now, but seems all the income I got through online earning is not enough to just pay my bills. And I feel so bad about it.
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
Why don't you try oDesk.com instead? I am currently working for some employers from that site. Just never surrender and keep on taking tests to make yourself more marketable and keep on applying for jobs.
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
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@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
19 Sep 10
Thx. I will try it. ^^
@GemmaR (8517)
19 Sep 10
I want my friends to be happy and to be able to see each other a lot more and to be able to meet up more. To do that, I am currently saving up to buy a house big enough for a couple of guest rooms so that people will be able to stay over whenever they with to. I know that I will be able to reach my goal very soon. All that I have to do is save up enough money to get the deposit (which I am VERY close to being able to do!) and then set up a mortgage which shouldn't be too high, and then I am all set for doing this!
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
Wow, you're generous and hospitable. I wish I was one of your friends. :) Keep on dreaming about that house and soon you'll get it.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
Hi there Julia Lois 28! You're right. And one's needs and wants is never the same with the other's. What I really want in life is for it to be simple. For me to be with my loved ones, be able to have our own house and be a teacher. Slowly, I am getting there. I am now with my family, my husband and our wonderful son, we are slowly building our own house and I am on my third year of college and am hoping and praying hard that I will be a professional teacher in a couple of years.
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
Good luck on your career. I know you'll achieve your goal soon. I'm happy for you and your family. :)
@picjim (3002)
• India
19 Sep 10
I accept your view that we have many needs and wants but we are unable to fulfill them all.I feel the key is to keep trying and not get despondent.We will never know when our desires will be fulfilled.But if we stop putting effort our chances of success are greatly diminished.I believe in trying again and again so that one day our goals are achieved.My greatest wants are both material and spiritual.It is only my thinking which is a hindrance and i believe with more sustained effort,i will one day accomplish all that i have set out to achieve.
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
Yes, I believe in that. I hope you get what you want soon. :)
@nightkid (89)
• China
19 Sep 10
Now what i most want to do is to make a lot of money.Then i can offer my parents a cosy life so that there's no need for them to work that hard.Their happiness is mine.
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
You're a good kid. Keep it up. :)
• Philippines
20 Sep 10
for me, i do accept the facts that not all the time that all i want will be granted., sometimes yes and sometimes also are not., but it is still okay for me n ot because that is just my wants not my needs.
• Philippines
20 Sep 10
I'd say my greatest want in life is to know what i really want. It's 2 years after I've graduated and I'm already working. I know I want to explore other options but when I ask myself "what do I really want" or "what do i want to do", I come up with nothing. My friends tell me it'll come to you soon.. Think about it.. But nothing. I haven't come up with answers. Sometimes I think I'm destined to just float about in life, flitting from one thing to another, never really finding fulfillment. So what I want in life is to find out what I want.
@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
20 Sep 10
I want for our family to be happy together and all co-incide without arguing. It would be very nice also if we had that extra $ to make sure all of the bills are paid and to do something nice once in a while. Currently I feel as if our home life is nothing but drama. Myself and my husband worry about paying the bills every month, my oldest son gets stressed over paying his 1/4 of the bills and stresses over his girlfriend. My 19 year old stresses me out because he thinks he is not suppose to contribute anything but him and his girlfriend live here with us and they think their wants come before anybody else's needs! We are late on the rent right now and this is the second month in a row. I am so afraid that the realtor is going to evict us... instead of helping out with the bills my son is going to put down a payment on his girlfriend's class ring.........now this class ring is going to cost $485 and she does not plan to wear it, she plans to hang it on the mirror by a chain in their car.......... pretty expensive ornament..... I want all of the drama to fade away and things to be happy for a while!
• India
20 Sep 10
yea....my need is all to get a sony laptop , nd i'm trying my maximum possibilities to get it..nd atlast i've got it.........i just got what i wanted in my life
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
sometimes, we still don't what we really want in life. maybe because we are not yet fully discovered are capabilities and talents that can form part of what we really want to do. once we know ourselves, by then we can find out what we want to do or get. sometimes, what we want to achieve before will eventually change due to different aspects. some of us achieve something that we never thought we would want to have. its because how matter we plan for what we want to do or achieve, it can be changed for a better or for the best. :D
• Philippines
20 Sep 10
Everybody has their own hopes and dreams.Everyone has their own goals and tasks in life.Everyone has their own source and way of happiness but for me the way to happiness is to finally meet the man of my dreams,to be happy with him and share our life together for the rest of our lives and to finally found the financial freedom i always wanted to support myself and my kids without even asking the help from others.