loud and clear, prudence

I was admiring how neatly stacked my books were inside our bedroom (courtesy of our household help, my utmost gratitude) and decided to randomly open Volume 3 of In Conversation with God by Francis Fernandez. I was sporadically led to this specific passage:

Taking refuge in a hyperactive imagination and opening the door to foolish dreams prevents us from being open to everyday reality. When we give in to this kind of temptation, and we can do so easily in moments of tiredness or interior dryness as a way of seeking compensation of the ordinary faults and failings of normal life, there arises a lack of unity of life. In parallel there exists an inner world where our vanity is always on top, and another hard, real world where we must achieve our personal sanctification, doing the good that God expects of each of us, man or woman. Those who are unhappy with their situation and are prone to escape into that unreal and imaginary inner world will find it very difficult to face up generously and realistically to what they must do at any given moment if they are to grow in virtue. How is it possible to live in a dream world and still do one's duty? How can we struggle against a particular defect if instead of facing up to it we withdraw into our imagination and overcome it there? How can we be joyful in the face of sacrifice when we are accustomed to hide ourselves in a make-believe world of hallucinatory happiness?

Okay. I think I just annoyed God. I am being reprimanded. And I do not want to be vain. I want to be virtuous. And that is going to be very very difficult.