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He who conquers lust

will conquer

anything else

Man, what powerful words

and what a powerful time

to remember them, think

about them, reflect

It was 11:30 PM

Closing time at the

grocery store

Few jobs are more suitable

for 58-year-olds with no

education than security guard

or that’s what he

used to think

It gives one the possibility to

be alone while still

being surrounded by people

definitely easier than being

at the cash registers

the cash registers were

hell itself

He avoided even thinking about it

so instead he

thought about the

words

«He who conquers lust

will conquer anything else»

words spoken by a teacher

back in the day when the problem of

lust was just

beginning to bud out.

Seventh grade that was. What

a time

At 58 it’s infinitely easier

to defeat lust

than at 14

but he could stand proud

for he’d done it at

14 also

Lust has been conquered back

then just as it was

conquered now

and…

what about the second part of

the saying?

He who conquers lust will conquer

anything else

now where was that

‘anything else’?

Shit…

Outside

in the parking lot

a man said to his kid,

«I said you could get anything,

but not everything.»

Fools

both of them

the store had just

closed