Have you ever encountered a question for which you needed to know the answer, but didn't want to know? I expect we all have experienced this in one form or other. I have been pondering such questions lately. The pandemic has brought many such conundrums. It seemed to me that the crux of this enigma lies between need and want or desire. Over the weekend, a post in a social media group brought this paradox to mind again. That statement noted the choice not to acknowledge needs but to allow dreams (Elatia Harris, chef, writer,editor from a post in Write the Kitchen). Perhaps putting needs aside when situations won't permit activities to meet our needs -- at least not in the near future.
Much of the online expression of needs within that social media group has moved towards travel -- travel to experience food and culture and travel to be with friends and loved ones to share such experiences. I had hoped to be traveling for research and to spend time with those dear to me. The spring travel plans were postponed with a hope that this would occur in the fall. Well, that did not occur <sigh>. Some group members noted how wonderful it would be to spend a weekend in Paris or attend the opera or ballet for an evening. Distant others were part of these wishes. Yes - there are virtual ways of doing some of this, but it isn't the same. It is what we have now, though.
The song lyric that ran through my head today spoke about needs and wants. Stay safe. Enjoy!
Can't always get what you want -- stones
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