The Fire of Desire

"I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

 - Michelangelo

Desire.

It is a word that can apply to so many things.

When I hear the word "desire" I think of passion, sex, ambition, wanting something deep within my soul.

Now being human, sometime I ambitiously, from deep within my soul, want passionate sex.

Sorry Mom...but it's true.

But again, this is for another post (and I will warn you Mom when that comes....)

Sorry to get you all excited there.

This is a great song. For another post as well.

To get anywhere in life...anywhere meaningful, desire has to be involved.

You have to want it.

For example, my sons play hockey and my middle boy's team are currently in the finals.

In order to continue to win, they as a collective...as a team...have to want it.

They need to have that desire to win.

And when they do, they play like mad and they do.

And when they don't, they play like "meh" and they don't.

As another example, I am trying to lose weight.

I want it...yes.

But some days I want chocolate more.

Some days the want...the desire...gives in to instant gratification.

This can be applied to the bigger things in life as well.

Like marriage.

Do you desire a strong, healthy partnership? Do you want it badly enough to work at it? To go though the ups and the downs that every marriage goes though?

Is it worth it to you?

To some, the answer is "yes".

To some...well...instant gratification interrupts this flow and that passionate sex I was talking about before? Well...that happens. Outside of the marriage.

Exhibit A: Bad Tiger.

Desire can pull us in all sorts of directions and can be very confusing. Sometimes it is extremely conflicting.

It is like fire.

Warm and comforting one moment, and then hurtful and destructive the next.

It is all in how we channel and focus our desires.

If we do it right and with balance, we can accoplish many great things.

Money is another thing many desire.

It can turn into many a good thing...and it can destroy lives. It all depends on how it is dealt with.

And so the fire of desire burns for all of us.

We let it roar and get hurt.

Ouch.

We tend to it carefully and we hear and see the beautiful flickers of light and colour that make life beautiful.

So tend to your flames.

Don't start a forest fire.

But don't let it burn out all together.

Smiles,

Lora