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The presence of desires and needs indicates the presence of holes.
A. H. Almaas • Diamond Heart: Elements of the Real in Man
If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
This focus on fulfilling the needs of others in order to earn worth necessitates finding friends and partners with obvious needs and who will never run out of needs to be fulfilled.
Adam Smith • Slaying Your Fear: A guide for people who grapple with insecurity
Flaw or need isn’t the same as their want or desire.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It may seem like a sign of weakness to have needs. Actually, needs direct us to grow in the ways we were meant to. Childhood yearnings for attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and the experience of being allowed to be ourselves are not pathological but developmental. In trying to get a parent to pay attention to us, we were seeking what
... See moreDavid Richo • How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
own need as a way to help the other person, an outwardly selfless gesture which secretly fulfills what they’ve been craving. But because the other partner is