He simply did what had to be done...

[muninnskiss]

He simply did what had to be done ... It would be easy, he told himself, to throw everything overboard and disclaim any responsibility.  All he had to do was saddle up and ride out of the country.  It sounded easy, but it was not that easy, even if a man could leave behind his sense of guilt at having deserted a cause.  To be a man was to be responsible.  It was as simple as that.  To be a man was to build something, to try to make the world about him a bit easier to live in for himself and those who followed.  You could sneer at that, you could scoff, you could refuse to acknowledge it, but when it came down to it, he decided it was the man who planted a tree, dug a well, or graded a road who mattered.

~ Louis L'Amour, Conagher

Sixth Letter (witch 'Law'):Do not do what you desire - do what is necessary.

Jeremiah 1 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre:
ה בְּטֶרֶם אצורך (אֶצָּרְךָ) בַבֶּטֶן יְדַעְתִּיךָ, וּבְטֶרֶם תֵּצֵא מֵרֶחֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָ: נָבִיא לַגּוֹיִם, נְתַתִּיךָ.
ו וָאֹמַר, אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, הִנֵּה לֹא-יָדַעְתִּי, דַּבֵּר: כִּי-נַעַר, אָנֹכִי.    ס
ז וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי, אַל-תֹּאמַר נַעַר אָנֹכִי: כִּי עַל-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁלָחֲךָ, תֵּלֵךְ, וְאֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוְּךָ, תְּדַבֵּר.
ח אַל-תִּירָא, מִפְּנֵיהֶם: כִּי-אִתְּךָ אֲנִי לְהַצִּלֶךָ, נְאֻם-יְהוָה.
ט וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוָה אֶת-יָדוֹ, וַיַּגַּע עַל-פִּי; וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי, הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיךָ.
י רְאֵה הִפְקַדְתִּיךָ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, עַל-הַגּוֹיִם וְעַל-הַמַּמְלָכוֹת, לִנְתוֹשׁ וְלִנְתוֹץ, וּלְהַאֲבִיד וְלַהֲרוֹס--לִבְנוֹת, וְלִנְטוֹעַ.    פ

5. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
6. Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'
7. But the LORD said unto me: say not: I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
8. Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
9. Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said unto me: Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth;
10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy and to overthrow; to build, and to plant.

Sometimes what we want to do and what needs to be done aren't the same thing.  Are we willing to sacrifice our wants to do what needs to be done?  Are we willing to sacrifice our wants to move from Fate to Destiny?

~Muninn's Kiss