Desires

We all have desires both large and small. What do we want out of life? What do we want out of a relationship? What do we want out of a friendship? What do we want out of our job or school? We all desire an end result or little benefits along the way. A good example is service. What do we want out of it? Usually we desire the feeling that we helped someone. We make friends because we want their company or maybe something else. There is a book called everything is a business or something to that extent. We do everything with the hope or desire to obtain something. Its important to analyze what these desires are. If we can understand what we want out of something then we will understand what we need to put into it in order to obtain the desired result. An example is a friendship. If my desire is a good friend then I myself need to be a good friend and do what I hope the other person would do for me. This wont always work but, in most cases it will. If I desire to make a lot of money I need to be willing to work for it either through labor or schooling to have the knowledge to make the desired money. God teaches us that everything worth while is hard to obtain and always requires work. Our Heavenly Father looks upon the desires of our hearts. He knows what we want and knows how we can obtain it. He also knows if that is really what we need and He will sometimes not give it to us because its not what we need. This is hard to understand and sometimes drives us crazy because we want something so bad but, He knows its not what we need.