Who does ever get what they want? It doesn't seem to happen to many of us if any at all. It's always two people bumping against each other blindly, acting out of old ideas and dreams and mistaken understandings.

Kent Haruf
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“Who does ever get what they want?” is a question that has been asked since the dawn of time. It touches on the universal problem of meeting one's goals and living a meaningful life. People who don’t understand this concept tend to think that the universe exists only to meet their needs and desires and that things happen to us and we have no control over our lives. If they believe this, they may become lazy and self-indulgent, which often leads to them achieving very little. The truth is that we all have control over our lives; we just need to understand how to use it.

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