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Our mind is powerful tool. It becomes easily fixated on one thing and although we go through thousands of calculations and thoughts per day, it drifts back to that want, or need, or think we need.  Even, dare I say especially, when we try to block those thoughts from our mind knowing that to give in to that desire is only a momentary satisfaction. A self serving action of greed that gives way to equal desire once we overtake that conquest.

Like a perfect key our mind convinces us to give in, like that key going into a well oiled lock. It slides right in. It never sticks or snags. It turns smoothly and unlocks that door in our head that when opened, out cascades a spark that became a raging, burning desire. 

The same is not true when we attempt to eliminate desire from our life. Desire is not only a positive gesture affirming life. It is also filled with death, perhaps the father of the Seven Sins themselves. To much desire, too much demand on something leads to all sorts of misbehavior that thwarts our proper vision of our life. 

When we eliminate something, even something as simple as a single food item like ice cream or our favorite foodie vice, before we go to bed, the perfect key no longer wants to fit smoothly. It is a old key going into an old lock that is not set right. We learn that there is a pattern of moving the key or applying pressure in a certain direction that finally budges the lock shut. 

Try to take a comfort away from your life and see how this rings true. Wake up an hour early each morning to exercise your mind, body or soul. For your Prime time channel surfing snack, eat only the apples you bought the day before and not the left over Halloween candy you still have out of sight though not of mind.

It takes quite a lot of mental energy to finally flip that switch in your mind to make the right choice. We fail far more than we succeed in the beginning of new habits. Stay the course and consistent mental behavior of positive affirmation will oil the rusty, old lock and the key will turn it open. Inside is who you want to be.