It's amazing how we desire things that may be bad for us. It can cigerettes, it can be meat, it can be a wrong love. Just like how the moth flies towards the burning light, we get attracted to things that are not necessarily best for us. Our desires override our minds to let us make decisions that we may regret 10 years down the road.
The power of self-control is probably not related to age but more related to being able to be satisfied with what we have. Afterall, when one learns to be contented with what he has, he will have less desire to seek more and hence will be able to more objective decisions.
But as a friend of mine often says, what wrong with being emotional? What's wrong with doing things that you like? Maybe being happy is the most important thing.
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Interesting thoughts. I agree, this is a difficult question. It is true, being happy is good, though what if being happy is only a temporary feeling towards something that will later become a bigger deal and lead to more un-happiness than happiness. We can't just give into everything we want right away maybe. Not sure though....I wonder this question all the time!
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