As human beings we all have needs.

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The need for love, recognition, companionship, and many more.

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Yet many times these needs go unfulfilled.

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And it can be easy to get resentful.

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We can trap ourselves in a cycle of judging ourselves for wanting something more.

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Then being resentful because we are not receiving it.

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Every time we want to do something to feed our souls we seem to stop ourselves.

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Even though it is something we desire so much, somehow, those needs don't get met.

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It can be easy to blame others for our lack of fulfillment.

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When we do we miss an opportunity.

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The opportunity to grow and evolve.

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To look deeper into ourselves as to why things are going the way they are.

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For if we can really be honest with ourselves, it is not others who are stopping us from getting our needs met.

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It is ourselves.

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Our own judgment and criticism of ourselves.

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We stop ourselves much more than anyone else can.

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As it is ultimately our choice, our decision.

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The Decisions that we make everyday are what cause our needs not to be met.

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Yet that is a hard truth to come to.

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If we can allow ourselves to be that honest with ourselves, then we can move forward.

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Then we can actually give a voice to our needs.

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And we can hear them, often for the first time.

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When we vocalize and give recognition to our needs, then others can really hear us.

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Then we can start to do something to actually get those needs met.

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It does take courage to speak our needs.

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For there is always the fear that they still won't be met.

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Yet it is the only way for us to even have the possibility of getting our needs meet.

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Giving a voice to what we really need out of life is one of the most important things we can do.

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If we are to ever be happy with our lives, it is a must.

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And when we do, life has a funny way of bringing our needs to us.

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So do you have unmet needs that you haven't given a voice to yet?

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Can you find a way to start to speak up for your own needs?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour