Someone wanting and needing things from you can take a lot of forms.

On the positive, they need you to continue doing what’s best for you without a hidden agenda that favors their needs. The same people want you to stay focused on your goals beyond anyone else’s.

On the other hand, others will tell you that you need to do something or be somewhere that favors their habits, even addictions. They also want or even demand things from you, otherwise face their abusive wrath.

This second group will drill this into you without remorse. As long as you believe in their wants and needs over your own, their version of respect and love is satisfied, despite respect being one-sided and love being contractual.

That’s why the first group is important. The ones that see you doing work that speaks to a version of you who needs a life away from the other group, and wants people you love to believe in themselves enough to do the same.

Your wants and needs are more important than the ones who want and need your attention, your finances, and servitude.

Kingston Priest