Why do we usually get more of what we need when we don't need it so much, and... :) ?

Question

not enough when we need it most? :)

Thank you for your answer! :)

Have a wonderful weekend! :)

Answer 1

Hey, when you need it, it's more valuable. When it's more valuable you get less. when you don't need it, it's on sale. That's the way it works. It's the law of supply and demand. That simply means that you have to get what you need before you need it, or pay a premium for it later. This includes friends, love, favors, love, respect, did I mention love?

This isn't mercenary, this is the big picture. You don't give to get something, but if you give first, getting something is sometimes (I remind you I said sometimes) less of a problem to get. Sometimes you get something first, but then you get to pay it back. I try to pay it back at least threefold. That way nothing sneaks up on me and it keeps me in the habit. I don't give it to the original giver. That would screw up their whole treasures in heaven, karma deal. It's harder than that. I get to pass it on. That's how it works. But if I give first? Well, I still try to pass it on, but that anxiety doesn't eat away at me nearly as much.

Back to the original reason. What you need, costs more. That's why the gas stations just before the one hundred and fifty miles of desert are always twenty five cents more a gallon and you don't get to use the bathrooms unless you spend money. If you need it, it's genuinely worth it. If you plan ahead, and give first, then life owes you. It doesn't always pay up, but sometimes in the long run, you actually break even. Don't ask me how! I'm a little picture kind of a guy myself.

Answer 2

We don't have TV in the bedroom. If I do fall asleep with the TV on, it usually means I have having trouble getting to sleep in the first place and I'm probably watching an old Star Trek episode to get my mind off of work.

Answer 3

I became painfully aware of this with my daughters. My oldest daughter was always popular and outgoing. She made friends very easily at school, and always had a sidekick. My younger daughter, Piper, was the child that always seemed to feel much less comfortable about introducing herself to new kids, and often had an outspoken way that seemed to almost border rude. She seemed to need approval of other children much more than her sister, but it was like she pushed them away thereby cheating herself of their company.
Fruit doen't fall far from the tree, and I see some of me in both of my girls. I have a great circle of friends, but sometimes when I am hurting, I isolate myself. I deny myself the comfort of a few old friends that know me as they know themselves. I think the answer is we get the reaction from others that we work for, and sometimes we are not as good to ourselves as our friends would be.

Answer 4

Hello Moon :)

Well, isn't that simply human nature? We tend to take things for granted when they're around, and unconsciously become less appreciative and mindful of them. But when they're gone, or just about to go, we start to panic thinking that we might never have or see those things again.

Take nothing for granted, Moon. You'll never know when things around us would suddenly start disappearing right before our very eyes. And that's when we'll be left grasping at the fading tendrils of good, happy memories...

Answer 5

Yo! Because usually what you need takes some working for. By the time you have done the work, you have overtaken the 'thing' that you needed. So the need is no longer there. Your reward (fulfillment of that need) is done by the process so you then have excess of 'whatevers'.

This is replaced by a new need, which of course you can not have fulfilled until you have worked for it.

Answer 6

Hmmm.. I think it is only our mind playing up with the word 'need' and 'enough' .. :-)
Sometimes what we call 'need' is more what we 'want'.. and what we call 'not enough' is just as enough.
Isn't it amazing how our mind works and 'controls' us? Can we control it to be able to make the most of what we already have?

Take care Moon :)

Answer 7

One of the corollaries to Murphy's Law. Or the General Perversity of Chance.

Answer 8

I agree. The only good thing about bad days is that they make us aware of the good days, but always after the fact.
We walk around unaware, most of the time. Peace. C. :)!!

Answer 9

Probably because when you need it, you're looking for it. When you don't, you aren't. In other words, you probably get equally enough when you need it and when you don't, but you only really recognize how much you need something when you don't have it.

Answer 10

i don't know but you're right, IE; why is there a cheque greeting you when you come back from holiday. why do your tax rebate after you've struggled to pay your bills?.
it's been a pleasure answering your question Moon, you have a super duper weekend too.