"It is the nature of Desire not to be satisfied, and most human beings live only for the gratification of it." ~ Aristotle
I'm finding the above quote to be a niggler. I don't know if niggler is a family word or not, so let me explain. A niggler is anything that wriggles under your skin just enough to tickle/annoy you. Annoying + Wriggle = A Niggle. Got it?
Desire is something we long for. It haunts us. At the onset of it we enjoy its call, its song. We hope for it, dream about it, listen for its' music to come to us on whatever breeze is blowing by.
Aristotle's words pricked my conscience.
My mind began mulling. The Bible says that hope deferred makes the heart sick. Yet Desire makes us hope. The Bible says that God will give you the desires of your heart. I felt that niggler again as I mulled.
When nigglers make you mull, understanding eventually dawns. (I could be the next Confucius, don't you think?)
Desire isn't meant to be pursued, God is. Delight yourself in Him and he will give you the desires of your heart. Hope for the desire, but hope in God.
It's elementary, I know, but what do you expect from somebody who mulls nigglers?
2 comments:
Perhaps 'desire' is only 'suffering' wrapped up in a pretty cover. No man can hope to have all desires fulfilled, it's the nature of the beast to always want more. The gratification is indeed pleasant but soon disapears.
Desire can make you hope but when in most cases that standard is not met, it creates pain.
Maybe it's best to put hope in a God or a spiritual path of some sort, than it is in humdrum events and objects.
Pain is life. That is a constant - a given. There is no cure. The 'humdrum objects', and 'spiritual paths' are only chloroform for it. But certain types of pain are bearable, and even strengthening.
No, escaping pain isn't possible, and masking it doesn't mean it isn't there. Right placement of yourself & your desires in God, however, allows for Him to take the brunt force of the blows. It means bruises instead of avlusions.
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