Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” is our satisfaction chart which makes us feel whole and accomplished as a human being. There are five levels in Maslow's pyramid, from the bottom of the hierarchy upwards, the needs are:
- Physiological (food and clothing),
- Safety (security),
- Love and belonging needs (friendship)
- Esteem,
- Self-actualisation.
Nowadays, we are controlled by the media, especially social media where we are constantly following other people’s opinions. We really need to learn how to think free and start loving and respecting each other. Patience is to let the season do their work as you can’t hurry the spring, you can’t rush the summer, and you can’t shorten the winter. You just need to have patience with the unfolding of things from the beginning to reality, from nothing to something. I think that it’s all about humanity. We can make our own reality, it’s a choice.
We all want to belong
American psychologist Abraham Maslow theorized that human decision-making is undergirded by a hierarchy of psychological needs in his initial paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation” and subsequent book, “Motivation and Personality”from 1954. Maslow proposed that five core needs form the basis for human behavioral motivation, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. Needs lower down in the hierarchy must be satisfied before individuals can attend to needs higher up.
Every person is capable and has the desire to move up the hierarchy toward a level of self-actualisation. Unfortunately, progress is often disrupted by a failure to meet lower level needs. Not everyone will move through the hierarchy in a uni-directional manner but may move back and forth between the different types of needs. Contact me via e-mail and let me know where you are on the pyramid.
“A river does not push, it just flows.”