Following excerpt is from My Daily Bread by the Confraternity of the Precious Blood.
Think about this:
"May I never become so self-centered as to think I am the only one who suffers temptations. There is no more pitiful sight than to meet someone who feels that he has greater trials than everyone else. Every man has his cross and some people have to bear far more than I ever could. And yet, this is not a Christian motive for patience and perseverance in time of trial and temptation. The true follower of Christ has higher reasons for fighting temptations:
His reasons are supernatural.
He wishes to avoid hell or a loner Purgatory than he now has.
He desires to make reparation for past sins by his present efforts.
He wants to please God by overcoming his faults or increasing his virtues.
He seeks to help the holy souls in Purgatory.
He is striving to obtain a particular favor for himself or some other person on earth.
He may even be working to insure or increase his glory in Heaven.
Finally, he may have the highest motive of all...to give God an unselfish proof of love, by simply embracing his trails because they are a part of God's all-wise plan.
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