Want

What is it that makes us want something? What drives that desire?

I have been thinking about this today and things that have come up in my life. There are things I want so bad my teeth ache and other things I think I will be ready for at some point, just not right now.

This job I have been through the gauntlet for has consumed my thoughts to a degree. I felt good about it from the beginning and I continue to feel I would do well there. It is a strange phenomenon.

There are other things I have wanted that I will not discuss in detail here. Sometimes, I guess, it is that carnal person inside of us. Things get stirred up for us in our minds and one thing takes over another. It is during these times I have to keep my spiritual goals in mind.

I just have to remind myself of the scripture in Nephi that says to be carnally minded is death and to be spiritually minded is life eternal (the SMILE scripture).