Wanting is not the same as needing

I have been to some amazing places over the last few months. I am blessed to have a great family, great wife, and great life. We just returned from New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts a few weeks ago, and then my wife decides to tell me, hey, we are going to the Keys for a few days then we will go somewhere again soon in September.

The whole reason to want to go somewhere was so that we could accommodate going to see a friend's son who was on vacation with her girlfriend's family. I had to drop the news yesterday, it was that I was tired and I had other items to take care of over the weekend. I made the mistake of not having a backup option for them, so I scrambled around and found one, but by then they had contacted my wife and told her, " its ok, we did not need to go either."

Hmmmmph, so they only wanted to go, did not need to go. I understand why people want to go do things, we all have a materialistic side, an ego of desires, but sometimes, oftentimes, that ego needs to be checked and held back. Yes, vacation to the Keys would have been nice, but was not a need to me. What I needed to do was take care of our affairs and that was more important than another vacation. Apparently our friends needed to do something else with their days as well.

In this case, I went with my gut to tell me what was right and what I needed to do. I had to get in check with what allows me to sleep at night and work within my confines. If you cannot live within yourself, you will have many long nights. I know, I have been there, but with great friends, family, you have a way to ground yourself!

Jack