#30 “Now you got the power. You got something I want.” Meredith Johnson - Disclosure 1994
Is temptation our most complex form of competition? Can emotional and or physical temptation make us compete our choices of right or wrong? When I think of temptation, I think of the way people crave attention, or how people engage in self satisfying inhibitions. Sometimes in life we are tempted to do things we may not usually do, but given the place and time, we are involved in a competitive power struggle within ourselves.
If we always gave into temptation would we be competing ourselves or the tempted subject?
Can it be a power of win or lose? Is the game even until someone makes the first move? Temptation bears its ugly head when you are caught up in a situation you don't consider yourself fully invested in. If life was about rules and responsibility, why do the tempted and the temptor get competitive? Does someone always want more, or does someone claim they need less?
Temptation is just like a diet without chocolate, a pint of beer without alcohol or a risk without consequence.
We don't have to always be tempted by another person, because ultimately we tempt ourselves into making decisions everyday. Do I take this turn, do I say what I really want, do I wear my emotions on my sleeve... do I tell someone yes instead of no? All questions we can take from life and experience to keep us even. To judge our own character.
If temptation was just about sex, then why are people questioning their intentions about life and consequences?
Competition is power for the winner. Temptation is uncomfortable for the rejected. Life is competitive for the do-er. A game is played for winners. So why can't we all be comfortable in our own skin? Why do we seek the thrill of attention? At the end of the game has every play gave you confidence, has each attempt given you strength? We want to be fulfilled in life, but remember... the tempted only tease and often at times the competitor never wins.
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