✝️One Month - Wisdom Learned
The battle of lust isn’t the desire itself but giving ANY energy/attention to the thoughts. It is not a sin to be attracted towards females, if you weren’t then that’s another sin in itself. Where your attention goes your energy flows. I have not overcome the sin entirely myself just yet, far from it. But I have gotten much better in the battle getting streaks of 30,50,70, etc. The true mindset and belief in this journey can only come from experience and time, you need to learn to REALLY hate what is bad and love what is good. You must become obsessed with the thought of success. The two biggest things that have helped me get to where I am is 1.) not having shame after I fall, I understand that it’s a blessing to just simply walk on this path and try for change. The thought of shame and regret after falling is simply another temptation from the devil, I now view each setback as a lesson and apply what I’ve learned towards my next attempt. 2.) prioritizing God, you can not do it without him. I know it sounds cliche but it’s the truth, you need to fill your heart and mind with his word so the devil doesn’t even have any room to tempt you! Again this comes with time I still have a long way to go, I am still so young and have so much life and wisdom ahead of me. Recently I’ve been working on not looking for the validation from woman or anyone in that matter. Really just trying to kill my ego and simply focus on the task at hand. I believe that searching for that validation throughout your days, longing for the dopamine hits of woman giving you attention and interest gives energy to the lust and the thoughts surrounding it. Just some new wisdom I’m beginning to develop that I think will benefit in the future. It’s only considered failure if you give up, results and progress will come in time. God Speed
Amen brother, that helped me understand my own battles and how to maneuver