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Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.  -- Sri Krishna (Bhagavad Gita)

I wonder if "selfish desire" isn't all our  wants. A want by its very nature is for self even if its object seems to be for another.

We start out wanting our way***we find we are not happy when we are selfish, so we begin to make allowances for other peoples' wills***this again does not give us full happiness, and we begin to see that the only way to be truly happy is to try to do God's will. -- Anonymous

The meat on the bone is that period of time when we are sincerely trying to give over to others...and, who's kidding whom, rarely feeling all that good about the results. So we try harder...does the definition of insanity come to mind?

We are in the process of learning that the meat on the bone is our coming to comprehend the difference between a self-determined objective (no matter how pretty we think it) and the perfect objective which is of God (no matter how un-pretty we think it).

I'm coming to accept that "making allowances for other peoples' wills" is best served not by inserting my agreeing words or works into the other's life, but by holding that person nonjudgmentally in my mind and heart until I can hold them nonjudgmentally in my mind and heart without effort.

That is as near as I have come to feeling an assurance that I have given over to God. And that's close enough to perfect for me...for now. 

Thank you.