Want And Need less from Life

So many ups and downs. There are so many things I want in life… and yet what I want the most , is to want less…if that makes any sense at all.

I want things to be less complicated, and more clear.
I want people to stay true to their word, and live as honestly as possible.
I want to know there is a cushion of friends and family to fall on when I can no longer stand on my own.
I want hate, racism, and violence to crawl back under the rock from which it came.
I want to change into the person I know I can be.
I want to only blame myself for any unhappiness felt.
I want to know every thing’s going to be alright.
I want the courage to move froward without looking back.
I want to stop wanting.

If I could achieve the last on this list, then perhaps I could save myself from much disappointment and heart ache in the long run. (Though I know I will aways want some of the other things on my list as well , no matter what stage of life I am at)
Give more, want less. Fill myself with the positives in my life, not the negatives that weight so heavily on my heart at times. Be clear with my intents , and stay strong and true to myself.
And eat lots of ice cream.
_{definitely eat lots of ice cream}

To be upset over what you don’t have…
is to waste what you do have.

Ken Keyes Jr.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.

To have little is to possess.
To have plenty is to be perplexed.

Why am I having such trouble on this one? I’m not the type to try and keep up with “Jone’s” , or the “Smiths” , or any other family on my block for that matter… and yet it seems that if I don’t have a big “Yellow Sticky Note” pasted to my forehead, telling me to ” Need and Want Less”, it’s completely forgotten the minute I hit the “Sale” section of the store !! ( Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to accomplish that goal of mine to “Design my own Tattoo”?)...And the worst part of it is it doesnt matter what “Kind” of store I am in , as long as there is a “Sale “on , I am instantly sucked into the “Vortex Vacuum of Discount Shopping”, and the “Bliss” I momentarily feel while on the “Hunt”...it’s when I get home that it really hits me…..like where am I going to put those six cases of “Sauerkraut” I got “on sale” at “Schneider’s German Green Grocer”, or the “Three Legged Bed ” I got in the “As Is Isle ” Of ” Bodacious Bed’s”, or the THREE “Amazing Weasel Wonder Wheel’s”....(thing is,... I don’t have a “Weasel” ...let alone three!)...then there is the glow in the dark toilet seat ( great for all you guys out there who don’t feel the need to flick on the light in the middle of the night …let alone lift the lid….. ), large roll of “Astro Turf”, “Electric Heated Long-Johns” for all those outdoor “Spectator Sports”...only I can never get a seat close enough to an ” outlet” to plug the Damned thing in…..,Then there is the life size “Dancing Lawn Easter Bunny ” ( with one ear missing)....NEED I SAY MORE ?? !!!!... Forget about keeping up with the Jones or the Smiths,... they won’t even want to know me if they knew about half the “Junk” I was hauling Home !!!....There has got to be some kind of “Support Group” out there for ” Bargain Hunters” much like myself….But what section of the yellow pages should I look under?....I have got to get this under control,.... I am seriously thinking of climbing to the top of the nearest mountain , and chaining myself to a large tree,and throwing away the Key,... and finally setting my spirit and my mind free from all this “Materialistic Mind Clutter” once and for all !!!....but first I need to pack my bag with my “Lip ” shaped blow-up pillow, my “Sequined Sleeping Bag” , and my….