How to overcome the temptation of the flesh

I feel that the answer from Brother Giles is very much like the one that Jesus said, to cut off the arm or dig out the eye that tempts us. No questions asked, but in acknowledging that the flesh is weak, we do not attempt to fight the temptation in our own pride.

Quote below:

"Brother Juniper, I hold with thee; for there is no surer way of overcoming this enemy than flight; inasmuch as he attacks us within by means of the traitor appetite, and without through our bodily senses; and so by flight alone can this masterful foe be overcome. And he who resists it in any other way, after all the toil of the conflict, rarely comes off victorious. Fly, then, from this vice, and thou shalt gain the victory."

Brother Giles from the Little Flowers of St. Francis Assisi.

How it reminds me to never give up, even in the very, very, last moment.

Today's successes

1. reestablished my blog
2. made my list of Goals for 2009
3. gained confidence in myself to work harder in school and for myself

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
US author (1804 - 1864)