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Controlling Wants and Don't Wants
"So long as our desires are not guided by enlightened reason, we are blocked.... It is only reason, which patiently explains to the will that there are other and more lasting satisfactions waiting for it in the next life, that can ensure any sort of true happiness.... the only means of happiness lay in the control of desire."
Dom Hubert van Zeller, "How to Find God", New Hampshire, Sophia Institute Press, 1998, p29
posted by Holly at 9:18 AM
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God has given me a job to do as a Mom and that He wants me to do it well. But my heart, set on its own little path, can be a powerful force working against me, leading me to neglect or omit basic duties in one of two ways.
I can suffer from "I don't want to!!!" (something common in my life ;-) I don't want to unload that dishwasher, or tidy the living room before bed. Or I can suffer from "But I want this instead", which is just another form of reluctance. Here, I want to go off and do some creative project, some neat little activity. But the result in both instances is the same - my work doesn't get done.
It's all a matter of the heart! What I want or don't want has to be subjugated to the commands of reason and will. I've at least got to try to do my duties or begin to curb that bad habit, letting reason guide me. And meanwhile, try to control my desires, and in many instances, beg grace to change my stubborn heart.
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