And now, a few words from men smarter than all of us put together...

Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal. 
-- St. Augustine




The sin is caused not by the flesh, but by the will of the soul, and the corruption contracted from sin is not sin, but sin's punishment. 
-- St. Augustine




See how the perfection of the Cross is folly in the eyes of the world precisely because it embraces what is abhorrent to human nature. It loves correction and submits to it; it not only takes pleasure in being corrected, but has no greater pleasure than in being reproved and corrected for faults and failings. They will arrive at the highest degree of perfection. 
-- St. Francis de Sales

...ignore them at your peril.