remember: when reason falters, stumbling from desire is a greater fault than stumbling from anger. for anger springs from pain; it's a reactive wound pressed from without.
but faults that stem from desire are indulgence, not pain; they become self-serving and draw you away from the truth of your nature.
if you are lost to pleasure, your gaze betrays Her for yourself; this is more undignified than being overcome by pain, for you are ruled by craving.
in anger the world presses upon you; in desire the impulse arises within you. and if you let it move you for yourself, then you deny the truth that all things are as an offering for Her.
therefore, bear only those desires She awakens within you; and, rather than chasing them selfishly, return them to Her as proof of your belonging.
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