The Question

The question is, who do you want to be? ~ Glenn Beck

Temptation. A desire 
to do something, 
especially something wrong
something unwise.
An urge, an impulse,
an itch, an inclination.
Desire is such a weak word.
Longing, craving, hankering,
hunger! We've spent our lives
rationalizing, excusing, 
justifying, defending behavior
knowing it's the wrong move,
that we're acting against 
our own best thoughts,
our plans, our promises,
our vows. And asked why not
we know answers but they flee,
when urged to act as we would not
we want so badly to yield.
But sometimes the only hope
to act as we know we should
is to back up, look at the issue,
ask "Who do I want to be?"
and choose the path 
we wish we would.