A Value is the measure of the positivity of an emotional experience.
The more positive the emotion, the more value is experienced.
A Need is the absence of a positive experience.
Needing something, whether it is physical or emotional, is a negative experience.
Needs & Values are a paradox.
When I have what I need, I value it, I see its value and call it a value.
When I am without what I believe that I need, I need it and see it as a need.
The difference between a need and a value is my perspective of whether I believe that I have it or not.
When life is miserable, I need some fun.
Fun is an emotional need, being miserable is not.
When life is fun, I am having fun and I value the fun that I am having.
The more fun that I am having the more fun life appears to be and the more value that I am experiencing from life.
The more serious life becomes, the more I need some fun and the more I value fun.
When I am having fun it is a value not a need.
When I am miserable, fun has greater value because it becomes a need.
The more that I need something, the greater the value that I attach to it.
The more of something that I have, the less I need it and the more its value depreciates.