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what are the things that you need to live...

I guess that depends on your definition of life.

If living means to be physically alive, as in breathing, moving, reacting to the environment, and interacting with people, then everyone with a pulse is alive...

but if alive also consists of enjoying life, living life, then I think there are a good number of people that are really just... for lack of a better phrase... going through the motions... walking through the part.

in any case, what would be the things that you need to live?
Aside from air and all that smart aleck stuff...

I have to really focus, because I think I am taking all of the stuff I have for granted.

I mean, up to now, I have been spoon fed everything, expecting that my needs will automatically be met.

my needs become expected, and my wants become my needs. Then, when the time comes where my true needs are not just appearing from the ether, my wants are the first to go, giving me the impression that I am being deprived of my "needs" which are actually my wants...

the things is, I really do have a handle on my needs for the most part. I am not hurting for anything... at least I do not think I am...

I have spoken with people whose greatest decisions are which bill to pay this month as opposed to how much to pay for each bill...

I have spoken with people whose budgets are so tight that if something goes wrong, they are pretty much screwed.

and they make it work.

and they have a measure of happiness, amidst the distractions.

that would mean that I have absolutely no excuse, because the degree to which I have been blessed should leave me no excuse.

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but it is easy right now.

no one is really depending on me for anything.

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maybe that will change when lorie moves in...

and I have to help take care of her dog...

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