No Fat Squirrels

What does a squirrel need? Not much different than what you need. Find out the difference between needs and desires in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

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• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

No Fat Squirrels

There are lots of acorns in our front yard.

And here’s what I’m noticing. The squirrels don’t seem to take more acorns than they need. They don’t seem to fatten up when the supply is plentiful or get anorexic when it’s lean. It got me to wondering.

How many of our needs are mind induced?

It’s easy to list self-induced needs: the abuse of drugs, alcohol, and food, but there are so many more.

Here’s a blank to fill in. I need ______________. Go ahead, fill it the blank. What do you need?

If it falls out of the area of air, water, food, shelter, and the like, it’s really not a need, but a desire.

We weren’t born with desires. We collected them along the way.

But, desires are what get us to create. The question then becomes: “What am I creating?”

Have I created something that’s doing me harm or have I created something that’s serving me well? Many of us never ask that question about our conditioned desires.

Most people have confused their desires as needs. Who really needs a cigarette?

What I’m about to suggest may only seem like semantics until you put it to the test. The next time you catch yourself saying, “I need (blank),” notice if it’s really a need. If you notice that it’s not a real need, change the phrasing to: “I desire (blank).

By doing so, you begin to recognize that you are the creator of your desires. If they're serving you well, enjoy. If they are causing you harm, it’s time to re-create.

By differentiating needs and desires, you discover that you’re the creator of behavior. Once armed with that knowledge, you may want to get curious about what else you can create that serves you better. If nothing else, it'll give you a new definition of "Squirrelly" behavior.

All the best,

John