Needs

需求

“Your needs matter.”

I fulfilled my promise to you. I’ve thought about that statement. A lot. And I’ve written out everything I’ve thought. Sometimes it looks better in black and white.

The first key is your definition of need.

Is a need a deficiency of something necessary to survival?

Or is a need something necessary to make life smooth?

If a need is a deficiency of something necessary to survival, I have no needs because I am alive.

If a need is something necessary to make life smooth, then I would have needs.

The second key is how you determine whether something matters.

If I have no needs, they don’t matter.

If I have needs, they are not fulfilled. If they are not fulfilled, Agent X is not fulfilling them, where Agent X is anyone in a position to fulfill needs. 

So if I have needs, Agent X is not fulfilling them. If Agent X is not fulfilling these needs, it is because those needs don’t matter to Agent X. It cannot be because of Agent X’s lack of capability to fulfill needs because by definition, Agent X is in a position to fulfill needs. So if I have needs, they don’t matter to Agent X.

Therefore, if I have needs, they don’t matter.

But you can throw my proof aside if you want.

This truth doesn’t look better in black and white.

Do you see why I would rather say my needs don’t matter?

It is either that or saying that Agent X

Just doesn’t care.

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You care. 

I know You do. 

And that's enough. 

Luke 4:6-7: “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more... Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."

Lord, what should I do when my wants/needs conflict with the needs of others?