Wantometer Adjustment Time

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Is it time to adjust the wantometer? Over at Black Woman Blow the Trumpet, the trumpet for adjusting one's speedometer is blown. I also want to blow the trumpet for the wantometer to be adjusted.

Everything we want has its corresponding want or desire requirement level. For instance wanting a lollipop from the convenient store may have a low want requirement in order for this goal to be achieved. The goal of becoming a happy individual may have a much higher want requirement. Everything has a different reading on the wantometer: good health, life, wealth, wisdom, spiritual gains, etc.

If we push ourselves by dreaming, taking steps, talking about, sleeping, eating, drinking our goals, that can produce the required desire or want to make that dream a reality.

However, we don't live in a vacuum and circumstances happen that can be a deterrent or antithetical to our goals. It can mean two things: either "evil" or the "Satan" or the "forces of the universe" or "chance" (etc) is upping the ante, and daring you to rise to the occasion; or Some One is saying "no". lol.

At any rate, adjust your wantometer to correspond to your goals. Much success!
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Jumping In to Battle


It's not hard to know the truth. A few moments of meditation. Centering one's self and being honest can produce the truth. Being faithful to the truth, ah, now that's trickier!

My marriage is not perfect. Thank God we love each other, but we do have spats. Nevertheless, when we try to come together and apologize sincerely and try to make it a loving relationship- that's so beautiful. Faking or pretending things are great meanwhile harboring old hurts, old wounds, great distrust, and or an expectation to fail keeps all parties unable to be vulnerable to the other one. That keeps true bonding from happening.

To my Jewish audience I just want to say that I think building a "faithful house" as they say when someone is getting married, is so important. So important that its part of the grander scale battle. Its as if we are fighting right along side of the IDF soldiers, and all others battling their evil inclinations, just at a different front- our own marriage front. Each couple is like a brick in the final Holy Temple, may it be rebuilt soon. We want the bricks to be SOLID, truly solid and not falling apart in the slightest. (I'm not crazy about the gov -although Natanyahu did good at the UN the other day-- but self preservation dictates I want Israel to exist and to be safe.)

To my non Jewish audience, I think the only way for good to win is if its done on a grassroots level. No leader will do it. The inclination to corruption is just too strong. Each individual must gird themselves and be strong and courageous -as God said.