"How come everything I think I need always come with batteries?"This topic of wants versus needs has been on my mind a lot lately as I've been trying to strip away a lot of the unnecessary excess in my life. It was fitting, then, that while listening to music on my way to work one day this song sung by Jeff Buckley came through my earbuds:
"How many times have you heard someone say: 'If I had money I would do things my way?' But little they know that it's so hard to find one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.
Money can't buy back all your youth when you're old; a friend when you're lonely; or peace to your soul. The wealthiest person is a pauper at times. Compared to the man with a satisfied mind.
When my life is over and my time has run out; my friends and my loved ones I will leave there's no doubt. But one thing's for certain when it comes my time, I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind."
Artist: Jeff Buckley (originally sung by Porter Wagoner in 1956) written by Joe Hayes & Jack Rhodes
Song: Satisfied Mind
Album: Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) - 1998
Artist: John Mayer
Song: Something's Missing
Album: Heavier Things (2003)
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