Wants and Needs..

What's the difference between men and women?
Men buy what they need.
Women buy what they want.

What then is the difference between want and need?
Men want what they need.
Women need what they want.

Being human, it's only normal to want things.
We might want something now, but we seldom think of what we may need in the future.
Short-term pleasure is prioritised ahead of long-term requirements.

It's a human flaw, most of us suffer from it. Sometimes in fact, what we want may prevent us from obtaining what we need, and being the short-sighted human being that we are, we make the mistake of thinking that that is OK.

Guidance is key. We need to pray that Allah guides our choices, and leads us to what we need. Getting what we want is always nice, but it should never be more important than what we need.

"Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not."

Al-Qur'an, 002.216