My thought for today is Greed and Lust. The dictionary defines greed as an excessive desire for more than we need, usually in reference to wealth or power, but it might also be for food or sex and lust is defined as a strong, often uncontrolled desire for sex but it can also be for wealth and power. In the book Twelve Steps Twelve Traditions, it says "nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct." Greed and lust are definitely misdirected instincts. In each, we want and try to obtain more than is our fair share. What we ought to be thinking is that we already have enough and to be grateful for what we do have. As for lust, it is usually wanting the feeling without seeing the person and so if we use reverence we are able to see the person and not be blinded by our insatiable desire. Gratitude and reverence can redirect our instincts to where they ought to be.
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