# Want. Need.

By [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2) · 2025-06-17

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Need is something I feel in my face. It tightens my jaws, crunches my eyebrows and forehead, and pushes on my cheeks.

Want though is felt in my belly and my heart.

I used to assume they were one and the same.

Now, I appreciate that it’s possible to want, but not to need.

Not only is it possible, it’s really, really powerful.

And relaxing, too.

Lao Tzu says:

> “Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.”

Need is a roadblock on the path to gravity and stillness.

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