You Are Not Your Own Substack

You Are Not Your Own Substack

Hoping for Rightly Ordered Desires

Even when they are not promised to you

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O. Alan Noble
Dec 05, 2025
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One of the most difficult truths to internalize in this life is that you are not promised all that you desire, even when your desires are rightly ordered. For example, you may desire friendship or a spouse or children or a job, and none of them are given to you. Or at least, not on the timeline you expect. Each of thes…

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