Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Get in touch with your desires! The great joy of living is being able to choose for yourself. Many people haven’t a clue what they desire. Desire has atrophied. They don’t know what they want to eat (whether they even want to!); they don’t know how to creatively solve their problems or use their time; and they don’t know how to craft a desired future. Too much of life is simply automated, but desire is the key to breakthrough. Desire, when expressed, is vitalizing!
The more I get in touch with my desires, the more I realize they are in constant flux, always changing and surprising me. Yes, there are certain rhythms we maintain, like going to bed and waking up at certain times, but the day’s desires are filled with so many fun unknowns. Perhaps you’re not really that hungry when you go to eat that sandwich right on the nose at 12noon. See if your desires align with your schedules. Perhaps they don’t. Desire is a natural, unscheduled phenomenon that doesn’t keep regular hours.
You may find that you suppress your desires, ignore them, or think they are not worthy of your attention. That’s why people get stuck in addictions and habitual patterns. Desires, when ignored, turn off your vitality, but they are guiding you to perfect health. They are guiding you towards your dreams and goals. They are pointing you towards greater levels of aliveness, if only you’d pay closer attention to them and stop living mechanically. Too much of our lives are run by routine, including negative thinking. Do you really want to think negatively? Desires are whimsical, spontaneous, ever-flowing and changing. Practice getting in touch with them. They are there for a reason – to guide you to what makes you happy. Denying or ignoring desires could be why you’re feeling stuck in certain areas of your life.