Far too many of us start each year with the same old resolutions. This means we are not very good at making lasting changes. For this reason, during the month of January, I am sharing powerful content with you from my book "Getting Better When You Can't".  Last week we examined why the Will has no power.

Contrary to popular belief, the world is not divided up into good and bad people. In my book I prove that none of us have ever done a "bad" thing. Instead, we all go after good things very poorly. This is because "badness" cannot exist on its own in the same way that "goodness" can.

Einstein showed us that there is no measurable thing called cold, what we call cold is simply diminished heat (measured by electrons).  Likewise there is no such thing as darkness, what we call dark is simply diminished light (measured by photons). In the same way, badness is diminished goodness.

The reason it seems we want bad things, it is because our affections (which i call our "Wanter") has been convinced that acting out will bring us satisfaction. Essentially it means we have been converted to the belief that our overspending, overeating, lusting, gambling, cheating, lying, worrying, raging, fearing, or hating will bring us the good things we ultimately really want.

The problem is that badness is a stingy delivery system. It leaves us wanting. It leaves us unsatisfied. It leaves our affections still inflamed, our wanter still wanting.

Thus each year we have the same resolutions. We remain unchanged while we are fully convinced that goodness exists and is within our grasp. IT IS!!!

In my book I teach you how to spot your affections in their early stages of incubation.

Next week I will show you how to correctly orient your affections so that you won't feel he pain of settling for diminished goodness.

May you recognize that your desire for change is a spiritual pursuit and that satisfaction is coming to greet you as you grow.

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