Want:
something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few.
12. something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants.
13. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.
14. the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant.
15. the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown.
16. a sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want
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Desire:
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment: a desire for fame.
4. an expressed wish; request.
5. something desired.
6. sexual appetite or a sexual urge.
Desire, craving, longing, yearning suggest feelings that impel one to the attainment or possession of something. Desire is a strong feeling, worthy or unworthy, that impels to the attainment or possession of something that is (in reality or imagination) within reach: a desire for success. Craving implies a deep and imperative wish for something, based on a sense of need and hunger: a craving for food, companionship. A longing is an intense wish, generally repeated or enduring, for something that is at the moment beyond reach but may be attainable at some future time: a longing to visit Europe. Yearning suggests persistent, uneasy, and sometimes wistful or tender longing: a yearning for one's native land.
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Impel: -verb
1. to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
2. to drive or cause to move onward; propel; impart motion to.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/impelled
"Desire is a strong feeling, worthy or unworthy, that impels to the attainment or possession of something that is (in reality or imagination) within reach."
Strong words, and what makes it all not just a case of semantics is that, if you take a moment here, you can create the feeling of wanting and see what that feels like, and then create the feeling of desire, and compare how good it feels, especially compared to wanting for something.
Empathize with a child who is begging their parent for something, "I want it, can I get it? Please? I really want it!" They'd have better odds of getting it if they stopped begging - we all know this, yet that's what we do in life. We want things and ask questions that only we can answer (like, "Can I have it?").
When kids really desire something, though, they'll do anything to get it - including closing their mouths and behaving their absolute best and being sly enough to "just mention" that they really like a certain thing quite a bit, and that they'd love it so much to have it, and, "gee, mom, I would take such good care of it, because you bought it for me!" ;-)
I read recently on a blog on http://www.boundlessliving.ning.com that when we want something, there are usually preconditions. "I'll be really happy when I get all my bills paid off completely." "I'll be much more present with my loved ones once I have all this other stuff taken care of for good." I That's not exactly unconditional love for ourselves, now is it? Why would we choose to spend our precious time existing with pre-conditions? I'll tell you know, if you have any pre-conditions at all, you're always going to have them instead of what it is you're wanting. Whatever it is you're wanting, you'll want it forever. Whatever it is you're desiring, excited in anticipation at it's arrival, is inevitable; there will come a day when you have it and appreciate having it in your possession. Imagine a time when someone was coming to visit you that you were very, very excited about seeing. You knew that it was inevitable, that they were going to be there any day or any moment, but you could barely contain your excitement. What a good feeling that is, isn't it? To know that something or someone or some situation you know you'll enjoy and appreciate is on it's way over to you? It's wonderful. I remember that feeling would come up every "night-before" anything: the first day of school, holiday mornings, birthdays. It makes me smile! You know what the greatest part of that anticipation is, for me? That I would play out imaginative scenarios in my head of just how fantastic it was going to be, and that I was going to be so excited at all the surprises that I didn't even imagine (yes, I would imagine being surprised by something I "couldn't have imagined" receiving or happening - you know what I mean). I knew that whatever happened, it'd be fun, and that was all that mattered. Simple.
"You know how when you visualize something every day, to such a degree that you can literally taste its reality? And you believe in the likelihood of its manifestation with all your heart and soul? And as often as you think of it, in at least some small way, you prepare for its arrival? Yet still absolutely nothing happens? Right! That's impossible! Just do your part, I'll do mine, and everything has to change. ~The Universe" from Even More Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley. You know the person's coming to visit you...prepare for their arrival, already!
So change your want to a "white-heat of desire," as Napoleon Hill refers to it in the book, Think and Grow Rich. It's not difficult: just drum up the feeling of anticipation. You know what it feels like, just deliberately create that feeling. Allow yourself to have that child-like excitement again!
Or not. The world could continue going on "wanting" world peace, "wanting" an end to poverty, "wanting" an end to violence in the world, "wanting" drugs to be used responsibly...
Or you could begin taking responsibility for the awareness level of all people. Understand that your "thoughts become things," that they have an affect on others, who then have an affect on others, who then... It's not as if I'm telling you to go out and do something you would prefer not to do, right? I'm inviting you to take a moment each and every day to create the "feelings you desire to feel for the rest of your life," as Mike Dooley says in the book Even More Notes from the Universe. Begin now appreciating what you're asking and anticipating to receive. Let the appreciation overflow and wrap you until you are impelled to the attainment or possession of your goal or target or thing or situation.
Another angle to approach desire and creating: Cultivate the desire for the creative process. Begin to notice how life operates in cycles of 'creating what you want to experience' and 'having what you've created,' obviously in a spiraling fashion, since we have many creations manifesting and are experiencing our manifested creations simultaneously. For a moment or more, feel the desire for creating what it is you desire, instead of only feeling the desire to have it, and notice your response, if any. We spend most of our time with any given creation in the process of creating it - much more than in the fleeting moment of 'now I have it,' and then from there, we get to decide how long we keep that creation around to experience it in appreciation. So doesn't it seem rather fulfilling to enjoy the creating process? After all, once we've reached a particular goal, we usually set out to experience something else, and it's not because we are discontent, restless, or unappreciative. It's simply because life is an experience, and we enjoy experiencing new creations. It's a natural process, unless we resist it, but if we embrace it, it allows us to overflow with joy each and every day, instead of only the days that we have significant wins toward reaching our goal. It shifts your perspective and allows you to see that every action you do takes you one step closer to that which you desire, even if it's eating breakfast, which, I count as an integral part of the creative process, being the foodie that I am! Another aspect of this is feeling a bit more comfortable with change: begin to now to help yourself out tremendously.
Finally, take credit for your creations. If life is offering up plates full of challenges for you, be excited that everything is taking you one step closer to the person you desire being - and if you don't think so, just stop and see if there's a direction that all of it is taking you, what qualities are you making the new authority in your life? Yes, a quality can be an authority figure: if, while you were young, freedom at any cost was your authority, but now, you're desiring experiencing responsibility as your authority, stop holding on so tightly to the former and get in alignment - accept that you want it - with the latter. I promise: you're going to enjoy the experiences just as much! See, I think that's the trick: knowing that one experience isn't necessarily better than another - that they are just different flavors, and sometimes we feel like salty and sometimes we feel like sweet. Either way, we enjoy the experience. If your head is getting in the way with thoughts of, "salty is better than sweet," then it makes you afraid of changing, it makes you afraid of the "unknown," which is really just "that which you have yet to experience."
Create desire for what you want, and you will create what you once wanted. Desire the creating process, and you will relish the journey and the results. To tell yourself that you trust that you can handle any situation, be okay with change.
With Love and Appreciation,
Katrina Naugle
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