My Travels

 We are all moved with ancient impulse. Those items inside ourselves called instincts. The underlying forces that we can only feel, or experience in retrospect while they possess or consume our actions. They mold, mend, drive and determine so much about us. Yes things can be controlled with our hearts and minds. There are times when we can overcome the reactions. Mostly though, we are creatures of our habits, our mindset, and it is will terrible effort that we can override the reactions.

So many, it seems, believe that if you just want it bad enough, that if you want to change then you will just be able to. To the layperson I feel this is a myth. As much of a myth as government is good or that war is necessary in any circumstance in the modern world. Instead I think that it is a great deal more I firmly believe all those self help, psychologist, psychiatrists, counselors, etc that just say you could do it if you wanted to, either didn’t have real issues in their life, or had a lot of help and just passed it off. I cannot reconcile what I observe with what they say a person “should” be able to do in those circumstances.