Needs Over Wants We decide what we want versus need by whether they are essential to live. Greediness and guilt can result in an unbalance in wants and needs in life. In the story A Dose Of What The Doctor Never Orders the man realizes that money is needed for life but after you pass you can not keep it. The article My Possessions, Myself objects of no value mean a lot to a person. The imbalance of wants and needs can make a person feel unbalanced or needy. In the story A Dose Of What The Doctor Never Orders, by Ihara Saikaku, a poor man asked a wealthy man if there was any cure to his poverty. The rich man told him that he hasn't lived until you know and you have wasted years. He told him to take “The Millionaire Pill,” which was 5 parts of …show more content…
He was also told to not do certain things like wear silk suits for day-to-day wear, eat expensive foods, and not to mess with expensive women. The poor man stairs at the bridge that all of the hustling happened on and he wondered what he could do to get more money. He then noticed carpenters on their way home from building in the richer houses and their apprentices caring wood scraps. They drop a few here and there and just left them. He realized that he could collect the pieces then sell them as is, building up his money. He began to wonder what he could do to make even more money. He started to turn the wood into chopsticks. He sold plenty of them and made himself a fortune. He used the money to buy a nice house then he realized that the money could not go on with him after death. The last few lines of the story states, “The golden rule for men is to save in youth and spend in old age. It is impossible to take your money to heaven, and it is essential to have it on earth.” Thus stating that money is needed on earth but you can not take it into the afterlife with you. In the story My Possessions, Myself by Russell W. Belk is about how belongings can