Wise words from Ta-Nehisi Coates:

“I've been with my spouse for almost 15 years. In those years, I've never been with anyone but the mother of my son. But that's not because I’m an especially good & true person. In fact, I am wholly in possession of an unimaginably filthy & (1/3
“mongrel mind. But I am also a dude who believes in guard-rails, as a buddy of mine once put it. I don't believe in getting "in the moment" and then exercising will-power. I believe in avoiding "the moment." (2/3)
I believe in being absolutely clear with myself about why I am having a second drink, & why I am not; why I am going to a party, & why I am not. I believe that the battle is lost at Happy Hour, not at the hotel. I am not a "good man." But I am prepared to be an honorable one. (3/
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