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Our Needs and Our Wants


Often we are asked a question

Is this something you need or want?

One day I was asked this question out of a conversation

I pondered for days and nights in frustration

Need is something necessary to live

Want is something out of desire

Once I distinguished between need and want

I asked myself, is money need or want?

Money is important to live, but we all want to have it

Without an answer, I asked myself, is love need or want?

Happily, I found an answer; It is a want

Soon after I became confused

Would a human be a human without love?

My indecisive mind couldn't find any answers to many of my questions

I came to a realization that nothing is either black or white 

There is always a grey and there will always will be a grey.

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Mehwish

I am a 16 year old, from Pakistan. I like eating instant noodles and then I feel ashamed of myself for eating them. I like to go on drives, making people laugh, eating, and sleeping. Its whatever, at least I am living my life the way I want to live.

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