Life is Hard but also Good
It is wise to consider this a constant.
We want, wish and constantly pray it will be different than it is, and this is good to a point. The word that best describes this in my mind is “desire.” The counterbalance is “acceptance.”
About Desire
If it was not for this continual longing nothing would change and the constant deterioration of our worlds would continue.
I know many who inhibit their desires and refuse to move away from the familiar.
Yes, there are fears of failure and fears of people (aka FOF and FOP) but there is also a deeper anger issue. We can dismiss this low level rage and call it “disappointment” or “sadness” but come closer to the truth and usually the ember is white hot.
About Acceptance
What makes us and the rest of mankind so angry all the time is a lack of acceptance of reality that is beyond fixing. In other words, we really want the control only a god would posses. The problem with becoming such a creature (which I think fits the biblical description of becoming a beast, the degradation of one’s humanity through an unchecked carnal appetite) is that it necessarily requires the subjugation of other human beings. It is enslavement in all its forms to include psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical.
Implications (there are many, but here is one).
This makes it absolutely of critical importance that the constitution of every country wishing to remain free, state at the outset, that the authority to govern is subservient to God. Without this acknowledgment, which has nothing to do with believing in any particular way about God, all men cannot really be seen as equal under the law.
So how do we find the balance between our desires and learning to accept the things we cannot control?
A particular prayer should come to mind.