It can be a source of energy

Repressed homosexual urges are typically viewed negatively in contemporary Western society where truth is valued. For instance, Johns Hopkins University’s motto is ‘veritas vos liberabit’, or the ‘truth will set you free’. Truth is also the foundational theme of mottos for highly ranked schools like Washington University in St. Louis (where I went), Harvard University, Yale University, and Northwestern University. However, repressing homosexual urges–what some may perceive as the opposite of being truthful–can also be a source of energy. It can be harnessed and used through practice, but it takes skill and discipline to apply it in a beneficial way. You have to really be able to hold it in, so to speak. At the teenage level, where sexual tensions are high, for instance, it can get really difficult, and feel like torture–sort of like delicious food and water being dangled in your face when you’re starving in an other-people-can-have-it-but-you-can’t kind of way. Can you live under those conditions?

Yet, that very state of hunger and craving can be a source of energy. It can be harnessed to go after things you truly want and are valued by society. After all, love and sex are concepts and actions, respectively, that the average person can attain: anyone can achieve love and sex. However, if you desire more, such as greatness (Many crave greatness, few will achieve it), you need to utilize all of your God-given resources to your advantage, and being gay–and using that as a source of energy–could be one of those advantages you have over your heterosexual counterparts. It can be a gift if you use your time wisely. At the end of the day, it’s really just about how much discomfort you’re willing to endure to achieve prestige. (Prestige. It’s about wanting it.)