I Want That!

Just got home from the grocery and am still chuckling about the little boy who was in line behind me. He was with his Grandma, and kept touching everything (really....everything!) in the hard-to-resist impulse buy section by the registers. While he was young enough to still be a little hard to understand, he was clearly and forcefully saying "I want that!" with each thing he touched. Now Grandma, in her all-knowing-Grandma-voice-of-reason, kept saying to him "You don't want that....it's cotton candy!" "You don't want that....it's a candy bar....that's not good for you!" With each of her explanations, he would eagerly reply "Uh huh!" I loved it when he finally responded to her litany of you-don't-want-that-lines with a sigh and in the saddest little voice..."But, I NEED that!" :-D

Seeing this little guy in action made me realize how easy it is for each of us to blur that fine line between our wants and needs, no matter our age. And, there are always an abundance of people (like the Grandma in the store) who are always telling us what we should and shouldn't want.

I think I would rather approach life like the little boy than the Grandma...I'm just saying. What about you?

Until next time...