Need for Dependability

Defined as "the quality of being trustworthy and reliable" we ought to be careful to not mistake our evaluations of others as if they are our personal needs. Needs contain no reference to specific people taking specific action. Therefore a need like dependability is really rooted in concepts like predictability. We'd like to know that if we expect something to happen, that it will. When other's fail to do as they say they will do it therefore does not meet our needs. We don't have to level a new judgement of them in order to see that our own need was not met. Therefore, the tend to our need for dependability without reference to others may look something like making simple plans or creating a schedule. I could mean choosing a mindfulness meditation in which we allow ourselves to notice all the things that are predictable for us: like our breath, the rising and setting sun, our ability to lift our hand or blink our eyes when we choose to.