ambitions — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
inclinations — A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity.
interests — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
wishes — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
actions — an independent agency created in 1971 to administer domestic volunteer programs.
causes — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?