And it felt really good to be needed. And to be trusted. And to be special.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, you know, knowing you are loved and wanted.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Of this, I am actually certain. After collecting thousands of stories, I’m willing to call this a fact: A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men, and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.

William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated.

When we feel like we belong we feel connected and we feel safe. As humans we crave the feeling and we seek it out.

Human beings long for connection, and our sense of usefulness derives from the feeling of connectedness. When we are connected — to our own purpose, to the community around us, and to our spiritual wisdom — we are able to live and act with authentic effectiveness.

The need for sharing deep feeling is a human need.

Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving. That kind of love requires effort and discipline. It is the choice to expend energy in an effort to benefit the other person, knowing that if his or her life is enriched by your effort, you too will find a sense of satisfaction — the satisfaction of having genuinely

Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated. Words of affirmation will meet that need in many individuals.

What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.

Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated.

The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.