Short story: All desires are not to be avoided. Some desire is healthy in a healthy life
By emptychair
@innertalks (23747)
Australia
December 24, 2023 8:41pm CST
The old school teacher, Yakob Brewskethe, was talking to one of his students about desire.
"It is healthy to have certain types of desire, that enable you to be enthused to do things, such as study to gain a degree."
"Desire, on its own, is not usually focussed enough to achieve anything, unless a firm resolve is directing it towards a worthwhile goal."
"Desire, and direction, will not take you all the way either though, as you do need a certain amount of innate intelligence too."
"Intelligence, like desire, must be focussed onto purpose, though, in order to accomplish anything worthwhile."
"Love lifts you up to be able to be enthused in life to follow where it takes you too, and so do not follow desires, unattached to love, but only follow desires when they are in line with what love is showing to you to do with your life."
"Love is not just an emotion, so do not be fooled by any lesser emotion than love trying to pull you into its direction."
"Intelligence is a good information gatherer too, as it realises that you need the right information, to be able to achieve anything that has staying power to it, or which is based on truth, not falseness, instead."
"Do not let your desire be driven by the need for power, as any power other than the power of love, just corrupts the user, and leads him astray in his life, away from his true purpose, and life mission. We need to stay directed to our own cause."
"So, do not cut yourself off from all desire, but make sure that the desire is serving you, and not trapping you, in your living of your life."
"Ok, now you can go off, and think over some of the points that I have made here to you, and I hope that some of them prove beneficial to you here, during the rest of your years studying here."
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Desires should not be driven by a thirst for power, otherwise, you will always be thirsty, as only love can quench one's thirst.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Yes, desire has been given a bad name, mainly by the Buddhists, who say that all desire is a craving.
Buddha said that desire can cause us misery, as desires will often isolate us away from reality, and truth.
Desires, though, are even behind the choice of foods that we eat, or the books that we read, or the television programs that we watch.
Good desires will lead to good choices, and bad desires will lead to bad choices, like to gluttony, and drunkenness.
@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
25 Dec 23
Good desires help us to live a healthy and positive life.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Yes, as long as we are smart enough to discern a good desire. Some people are consumed by a desire, calling them good, when they are not.
A desire for gambling is bad, but someone addicted to gambling, wanting to win big, might think their desire is good.
A desire for anything can become obsessive, so then bad. We need to keep control over our desires, to keep the good, still good.
Even book collecting can become an obsessive desire, for example.
@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
25 Dec 23
I like that on intelligence it's one that motivates me. Thanks for sharing.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
That's ok. I like to write my ideas up into a story like this.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
25 Dec 23
Desire you say? Never had it, don't want anything to do with it.
I am better off without it..I am quite content to muddle through life without that nonsense.
Merry Christmas to you and family Steve.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
26 Dec 23
@innertalks I would just word it differently I suppose..Desire to me is intense. I guess I would just want some things not desire them.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Well, one form of a desire is preference. Most people have preferences, for certain types of food, houses, cars, music, etc.
Most people desire a peaceful neighbourhood to live in, and a peaceful world around them as they live too.
We also desire God in our life, otherwise, we will just take him for granted. A desire is a sort of a choice too.
We all must make choices, good, or bad, and choose between one way, or another, and desires affect these choices too.
Yes, a Happy Christmas to you to Ocean Tiara
@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
26 Dec 23
@RebeccasFarm The Bible tells us that we should desire the ways of the Lord, and this needs to be an intense desire, not a lukewarm one.
Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 23.
"The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath."
I, too, do not like being trapped by the intensity of a desire, but would rather be more circumspect in my approach to life too.
I do desire God to be in my life though, and I want this intensely.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Dec 23
Desire is good when you benefit from it. However, the desire to gain everything you can regardless of who you trample on to gain whatever you want will never satisfy. Only a desire guided by love will satisfy and bring fulfillment.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Psalm, chapter 19, verse 10, says:
"(God's word is ) More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold."
So, we should desire God in our lives, but we should not go after any false desires, that are created in us by Satan, and other evil influences.
@Deepizzaguy (122405)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Dec 23
Thank you for sharing this post since my desire to be happy sharing good news stories on this site.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
That is a great desire of yours, and many of us here enjoy your encouraging good news posts, here on mylot.
@RasmaSandra (98187)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Dec 23
Always only positive thoughts and goal inspired desires to achieve the best in life,
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
26 Dec 23
Yes, negative thoughts, and desires for bad things, only tend to pull one down in life, not lift one up.
@Shiva49 (28405)
• Singapore
25 Dec 23
Most of us find ourselves lost when young about what goals to pursue.
Many follow the beaten path which mostly leads them to frustration.
We need to find the passion and then our efforts are no more drudgery.
We then have a spring in our steps rather than drag ourselves out of bed.
I followed a few maxims: Work is worship, knowledge is power, and when it is shared, it is love in action.
Selfish pursuits prove defeatist while those that benefit society bring in maximum satisfaction.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Some parents push passions onto their kids, forcing them to play games such as golf, or tennis.
Good desires should not be pushed onto us, but must spring forth from us from our own hearts, and they should be also working in unison with God's plan for our lives too.
Desires should not be pushed relentlessly along, fueled by selfishness, greed, and other false needs, that separate us from the truth of God living within us, that must be desired too, to become real in our life.
@Shiva49 (28405)
• Singapore
26 Dec 23
@innertalks Some parents are more enlightened now and do not push their children into activities they have excelled in. Steffi Graf and Agassi were role models of such a path. Their children steered clear of tennis so that they did not have to measure up to the high achievements of their parents.
Similar is the case with Badminton legends from Indonesia, Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma.
I have known of some who became doctors and engineers but left their professions to pursue their hearts when they could.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
26 Dec 23
@Shiva49 Parenting is a hard task, as some children do want to follow in the footsteps of their parents, and do not like being pushed away from their doing this. Others do not like to be pushed to follow their parents, in sport, singing, and even in taking on their family business too.
There was a story about a young female chess champion in the news last week, only 8 years old. She seems enthused in the game of her own doing.
Bodhana Sivanandan wins after beating an international master at the European blitz championships.
@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
25 Dec 23
Yes, without love in our lives, our lives could never be complete. They would feel rather empty without love.
