On Being Needed and Wanted

" The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, But
those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect."

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There is a major difference in being needed and being wanted.

Sometimes, as i grow up it becomes good enough to be needed. i can't seem to distinguish anymore between that…. the feeling of being wanted - truly wanted for who you are and being needed - for people to acknowledge that my presence makes a difference or solution.

And i start feeling like maybe being needed, is just as good as being wanted.

But no it's not, really. It's nowhere near, as good - and I still remember what it feels like to be wanted and how good that is – where i might not settle for just being needed, as and when the need arises.

Being wanted means that a person chose to be there with me, not because circumstances has somewhat forced him to do so. Being wanted, means the other person is there for me because I’m just as important as he is, if not more. It's the choice - the commitment and willingness behind the choice - that makes it all so sweet.

Yes, i'm okay with being needed - but i realized today, how much i'd rather be wanted.