What do we really want?

The question posed is simple, intriguing and forthright. For a poor person, basic needs such as food, water and shelter are the priority. For the upper middle-class and the rich, their basic needs drastically differ as luxury, wealth and stability. Children and youth have different needs more to satisfy their physical and emotional.

It is interesting to note that out needs keep changing in different phases of our life. For example, when young, our body burnt calories due to our robust metabolism rate but as we near midlife the same food becomes a health hazard. As a result, our health deteriorates. Added to our woes, we live in a digitally fast world, which has made us impatient for everything. The urgent need to fulfil our desires dominate but what we fail to understand is our sense of urgency will only lead our desires to spin out of control. Hurry creates a centrifugal dynamic that can suck us away from the vital centre. Hurry can cause us to feel insecure, unsafe and unstable.

The tailspin leaves us dizzy making us forget the purpose for which we were created and where we are headed. I would like to quote an example from the Bible, which talks about a rich young man who meets Jesus.  He asks Jesus of what he should do to inherit eternal life. Jesus says, "you know the commandments, do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness do not defraud; honor your father and mother.". The interesting thing is that this young man though being rich and self sufficient, ardently kept the moral law. Yet he knew something was missing. He lived an unsatisfied life having questions on God and eternal life. Jesus simply said sell all that you have and give to the poor. The scripture records he went away grieving. Our material stability and luxury are not antidotes for our satisfaction in life.

The purpose of every human being is to find who the creator is and understand how to live up to His expectation. Moral creeds and religion do not help. What we need is to find a Savior for our soul in whom we can find forgiveness from all our sins and guilt, and at the same time find hope in the matter of life after death. Jesus claimed, “I am the way the truth and the life..”. And further added, “The one who believes in the son has eternal life.”. Let us not take chances in the matter of our life. Let us seek on things which can satisfy our soul and transform us as a person.

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