Temptation

After writing the previous post, I started to think about how powerful temptation really is, and how it's everywhere at every moment of the day. I'd like to think that one day I can have the willpower to be totally independent of all of these things. Somehow this idea just seems like the "right" way to me for some reason. We shouldn't need things like TV, food, money, ego, drugs, or whatever to stay content. They may help pass the time nicely, but I just can't help but think how great it would be to just go for a walk or something and not be worried about anything, just entirely relaxed and happy as can be, even though I know it will probably never happen. Even with things like money, I wonder how it would feel to win the lotto, and just donate it entirely to something like charity, loved ones, etc. But I know I wouldn't do it (but procrastinate) because it's a luxury to have a lot of money. It feels good going to a dealership and buying a car in cash, or at least I would think so. I wouldn't call it a miracle or blessing, but just a luxury, because it has the potential to make or break a person, and it's usually the latter. It builds ego and ignorance especially. I guess this kind of goes along with earning things rather than them being given to you. A gift can seem good at first for a while, but earning things builds wealth and character, which is better in the long run. It may or may not seem like this is true, but I know I wouldn't be the same person I am today If I got handed a ferrari to drive when I got my license.