What you want vs. what you need

I met Mason in college. He was athletic, charming, and played bass in the coolest band on campus. I didn’t know him well, but I liked him. Everyone did. One night at a loud, crowded house party, we ended up in a small group talking about music. “The Stones were really on to something with that lyric: ‘You don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need,’” our mutual friend Tracy…