priorities

Each day begins with an almost subconscious list of priorities.  My wants and objectives populate the uppermost half, and more often than not, the truly important tasks sit below in this ambiguous list.

I'm awake. *check tiredness* work today? no. *check time* I love sleep. *fluff pillow, insert face*
Awake again. I feel like sleeping, even though I've slept enough, and and more rest could lead to oversleeping, and make me even more tired than... *fluff pillow, insert face*

I find that only when desire or obligation forces me, do I get out of bed expediently. Because sleeping in is always easier.

My insatiable nature, along with my stubbornness and the desire for my desires now, cock blocks what I know is always the better choice. And I do know.

It's usually as simple as brushing my teeth vs. not brushing my teeth.

I immediately list likes and dislikes.

>I like the clean teeth feeling...

>But I don't like minty mouth when I want to eat.
>I like going straight to the kitchen for food,
>so I don't like spending the time to clean my teeth, which always turns into completing my entire toilet.

>I don't like using all that energy, my arm will get tired, and I have sleepy hands...

>I don't like waiting longer for my like.

And almost instantaneously, the dislikes emerge victorious. And that's just teeth brushing! The endless "back of my mind" lists always favor my current priority.

Priorities are like that, the shove everything else aside. It's their greatest attribute, for I need to stuff those useless desires under my logical and strict priorities.

But how can something currently disliked, be shuffled up to the top of my priority list? I think the only way it's possible, is with the third most important gift God gave us, our emotions. They motivate, they give us unconquerable reasons to move forward. Because nothing wields more power in the mind than emotion. They change with the wind, yet they can't be stifled. And more often than not, they can't even be understood. It's so beautiful. It reminds me of the nature of God. It's never currently sensible.

But in that senselessness and unknown, there's beauty in the plan.  Sometime, only He knows when, we'll see. And it will be glorious.

Until then though, I'll try to use my emotions to prioritize. Trust in the unknown will appeal to your sense of reason.

Make good decisions a habit. Want them.