Let it grow. That which the upreaching spirit can achieve The grand and all creative forces know. They will assist and strengthen as the light Lifts up the acorn to the oak tree's height. God's whole Great universe shall fortify thy soul. Resolve to be greater than your temptation.
Every conquest is a step toward higher growth.
This correspondent evidently thinks he is more powerfully tempted by the senses than the average mortal and believes it is impossible for his better nature to govern his passions and appetites. Thousands of people are arguing in the same fashion, not realizing that where the passions are most strongly implanted there, too, is always an equal strength of will if it is only brought forth and exercised. But the one is indulged, the other neglected. Then, too, the more we dwell upon the thought of our faults and weaknesses, the more pronounced they become. It is wiser to give as little attention to them as possible.