Cookies for Breakfast
I choose to do the things that I desire. I desire some things more than others. Not all things bring the same fulfillment. Different things bring different satisfaction and fulfillment. I tend to do those things that bring immediate pleasure or satisfaction. I eat cookies for breakfast. I look lustfully at an image.
Is pleasure that is immediate wrong? Is fulfillment always found in waiting for pleasure? What is the ultimate consequence of the pursuit of the immediate? I am usually left sick or wanting more. The pursuit of the immediate negates the realization of the ultimate.
If I choose lustful thoughts I give up loving relationships.
If I choose cookies for breakfast I give up healthy life.
If I choose sleep I give up productivity.
If I choose angry words I give up forgiveness and restoration.
If I choose TV I give up thinking and the developing of my mind.
If I choose credit I give up thoughtful stewardship and financial freedom
If I choose self I give up God.
How easy it is to choose the immediate. For every short term desire there is a long-term consequence. I cannot have them both. What do I desire more? How do I choose what is better when faced with the desire of the immediate? Understanding this does not remove the desire for the immediate. It may, however, replace it with a desire that is stronger for those things that are yet future.
Is pleasure that is immediate wrong? Is fulfillment always found in waiting for pleasure? What is the ultimate consequence of the pursuit of the immediate? I am usually left sick or wanting more. The pursuit of the immediate negates the realization of the ultimate.
If I choose lustful thoughts I give up loving relationships.
If I choose cookies for breakfast I give up healthy life.
If I choose sleep I give up productivity.
If I choose angry words I give up forgiveness and restoration.
If I choose TV I give up thinking and the developing of my mind.
If I choose credit I give up thoughtful stewardship and financial freedom
If I choose self I give up God.
How easy it is to choose the immediate. For every short term desire there is a long-term consequence. I cannot have them both. What do I desire more? How do I choose what is better when faced with the desire of the immediate? Understanding this does not remove the desire for the immediate. It may, however, replace it with a desire that is stronger for those things that are yet future.