Mahalo kea lani

Its good to want something you don't get. We will always be wanting and the moment you get everything you want, you want something else. We have found that changing what we say when describing this feeling has some affect on how we feel about it. We try to not say "We need to get..." Rather, we say, "We want to get..."
Having said all that, I must admit that getting what you want sometimes does a lot of good for the spirit. Kristie and I have been wanting to go to Hawai'i for our tenth anniversery for a while. When we finally got what we wanted, it was good. In fact, I can say that I don't want much else right now. I am satiated for the moment. We relaxed until we were almost bored. We shopped until we were tired of buying. We ate until I didn't want to smell another morsel. We missed our children. We enjoyed our solitude. So for all of those things, I am full.