Does anybody ever get all that they want?
No.
But we do always get what we need at the time we need it.
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I define a need as something I have to have and a want as something I can do without if push comes to shove.
Do we need healthcare or do we want it? You decide.
I have been reading the diaries on this website for the past 24 days of debate on this issue of healthcare with interest.
Seems that the progressive community is now truly divided.
The GOP wanted Healthcare to be Obama's waterloo but it looks like it has become the progressive's waterloo to me.
I turn on my tv to see attack ads against our President and a diary last night at the # one spot showcased a letter by Jane Hamster and Grover N the Republican extremist who truly despises all dems especially liberals.
I even hear talk from Firedoglake and others that progressives now have something in common with the far right; and there was Jane Hamster on Fox the other night.
What the hell is going on?!
I have not been writing here for awhile (only reading) because I did not feel what I had to say would be taken very well but man, I am truly fed up and have to speak out.
How is working with Grover N going to help progressives get better healthcare? A climate change bill or enery bill?
Are we not shooting ourselves in our own feet when we team up with people who only want to wipe out all dems?
Yes, I too, wish there was a public option in this plan but I know the reality on the ground was different. I knew awhile ago that it was not going to happen so I tried to look at the healthcare glass as half-full and not half-empty.
Getting back to my question: Does anybody ever get all that they want?
I sincerely want to know.
I teach my daughter everyday to strive for the best; to always reach for the skies beyond the clouds in all that she does. But in the same breath I also let her know that there are always two sides to everything a bright side and a dark side (and of course the greys in between).
She is 10 years-old and an A student but I let her know that there are sometimes where she will not get an A. Does this mean that she is a loser? No. It just means she needs to work harder; it just means that she needs to pay better attention; it just means that she needs to understand that every silver lining has a cloud.
Am I teaching my daughter something wrong? No, I don't think so. I am teaching her to learn how to deal with realities in life and to work hard for what she needs and not settle for what she wants. Just because she needs As does not mean she will get them. She has to work hard and put in consistent effort and still that will not guarantee that one will be at the top. Life is not always fair but you never give up or walk away. I teach her that maybe she needed to get a lower grade to teach her some humility and patience.
WE DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT BUT WE ALWAYS GET WHAT WE NEED!
My husband has been trying to get a salary in the six figure arena for the last decade. Each time he reaches his goal something comes along and he loses his dream salary. In the last decade he has gone up to the six figure mark but would soon be back down below in a few months to a years time. He always says no matter what he does there is always someone trying to mess with his dream and with his money.
Does he give up? Does he throw in the towel? NO!!
Right now he is below his dream salary again because of the recession but now it is lifting and the job offers with his dream salary are coming again. He knows that in this economic climate this will be hard to maintain but he intends to keep on trucking until he makes a six figure salary stick. He is grateful for small mercies meaning that he has been able to maintain his lifestyle, keep a roof over our heads and our daughter in a good school even though some bills get unpaid. Our basic needs are met and, for now, that will have to do. He understands the difference between wants and needs and he keeps moving forward.
Once again
WE DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT BUT WE ALWAYS GET WHAT WE NEED!
My dream has been to make a living from writing novels. Has it come through yet? NO
But I keep on chugging and I keep on plugging because I intend to make a living from writing one day. To date I have written and published novels but have not made enough to live on. This is something I want to do but apparently it is not something that I need to do. However, I will keep on because if you don't have a ticket you don't have a chance and i truly believe that...
WE DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT BUT WE ALWAYS GET WHAT WE NEED!
So I say all this just to say that even though many are mad with this bill and are willing to let go, I am not. I think that would be a mistake.
Do any of you out there teach your kids to give up or to take their balls from the ballgame and go home because they are not winning? I don't think so.
In this healthcare debate we got what we need (for now). There is still much work to be done. We need to live in the reality and not in the non-reality. Governing this country is hard work and I would rather be on the side that is moving the ball forward no matter how slight than to be on the side of NO and NO WAY.
Obama is not perfect. No.one.is. But he is our President
I have never seen a republican run ads against Bush and he was pretty bad. Not that we should always agree with Obama but we should not shoot ourselves in our own feet and serve the purpose of the party of NO by giving them ammmo against our own caucus (although there are some that deserve this). It is better to organize and put fourth better candidates and get them at the polls.
This fight has been dirty and downright low but the republicans made it so from day one when Limpballs declared that he wanted Obama to fail.
They ivested in failure and now they have failed. Tell me whose waterloo is it now?
Lets hope it is not the progessives and remember...
WE DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT BUT WE ALWAYS GET WHAT WE NEED!
We need this bill to move the ball forward and it is a start but it is not an end. Keep fighting but remember we are all the democratic party and in the end we sink as one or rise as one. It is hard to bring such a diverse caucus toghether but Obama obviously did it even though it was not pretty. Are you going to let the republicans get back in and make things even worse? or are you will to work with this imperfect Prez who has his heart in the right place but just needs to be prodded to move on our issues. Repubs will never help us to move our ball forward. Who is better for this country? Obama and dems or the one dimensional repubs.
You decide.