of Temptation

Temptation:  A desire to do something, esp. something wrong or unwise

I imagine the person who thought of the word and how he/she must have known the true meaning of it. I was tempted to eat fatty foods for lunch, and I did. This was after a few seconds of weighing the risks and deciding I will not have dinner in result and will go to the gym. Does it mean that there is always a price to pay to falling into temptation?

It feels like its human nature to want, to desire. We always want things, even things we cannot seem to make a plan on how to get. We sometimes want things and once we have them we move onto other things. It’s our nature.  Remember the story of the scorpion and frog? I’ve heard it a few times in movies. It goes like this: There was a frog and a scorpion. And the scorpion asked the frog to help him cross the river. The frog hesitated knowing that the scorpion stings and kills. But he thought that if the scorpion stings it, they will both drown and die. He made this point clear to the scorpion. So the frog allowed the scorpion to journey on his back. Halfway across the river, the scorpion stung. As the frog drowned it asked him why? (Insert sad eyes) and the scorpion responded, “it’s in my nature”.  It feels so much like human nature to want and desire things. Who doesn’t want anything, show me! So is it a curse because some of those things are wrong? Someone might say it depends whose glasses you’re wearing. We already want things; we don’t need temptation on top of it!

Am writing this because of a movie I re-watched yesterday night. Yes I re- watch movies. Last night is an interesting movie. It’s one of those realistic movies. These things happen. Even to the best of us. You can be happy and still be tempted to do something wrong. We are in constant temptation! It’s exhausting.  I should read about the human brain. Because it feels like we have two people in our brains, one that tells you just eat the fries! Live a little. And the other that tells you that eating healthy is better. Why the hustle though? Why can’t we have just one side that makes us wonderful nice people who always do the right thing? I am glad there is that voice in my head that acts as a warning…but here’s the thing, you know it’s bad, you can see the potential of it happening, so why not remove yourself from the encouraging environment?

I keep wondering, why didn’t he just go to his hotel room and sleep? Having drinks with an attractive woman is just call for trouble, entertaining the thought of it. But we do it all the time. We know something “wrong” could happen but we take the risk. It seems we already know long before we even act. It makes me wonder of the times we choose to do what is “wrong” knowingly. Why take the risk? Do we think we can get away with it? Or is it just in our nature?

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think its in our nature to do wrong. I think its in our nature to be tempted. Constantly. And its also in our nature to consider it, even if its on our thoughts. That’s what makes us scary…we always have potential. Its like walking around with a loaded gun. It all comes down in the end to choices…and hopefully the right ones.

Quote of the week-Love Actually

Today’s quotes come from one of my favorite movies, Love Actually.

The movie is centered around lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

This is how it starts

And when the american president tries to bully the Prime minister, this happens:

Prime Minister: “I love that word “relationship.” Covers all manner of sins, doesn’t it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm… Britain. We may be a small country but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that. ”

Then there is the sad story of the man-Mark  in love with his best mate’s girl. He called it self preservation.  ouch

[on sheets of poster board]

Mark: With any luck, by next year – I’ll be going out with one of these girls.

[shows pictures of beautiful supermodels]

Mark: But for now, let me say – Without hope or agenda – Just because it’s Christmas – And at Christmas you tell the truth – To me, you are perfect – And my wasted heart will love you – Until you look like this.

[picture of a mummy]

Mark: Merry Christmas.

Quote of the week- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“The only real failure is the failure to try. And the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. As we always must.We came here and we tried. All of us in our different ways.Can we be blamed for feeling that we are too old to change? Too scared of disappointment to start it all again?

We get up in the morning. We do our best. Nothing else matters. 

But it’s also true that the person who risks nothing… does nothing, has nothing.
All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes. Because, as someone once said, everything will be all right in the end. And if it’s not all right, then trust me – it’s not yet the end. ”

Quote of the week-American Gangster

“That’s a clown suit. That’s a costume, with a big sign on it that says “Arrest me”. You understand? You’re too loud, you’re making too much noise. Listen to me, the loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.” Frank Lucas