Temptation
Who would have thought, at this late date, and at this entirely unprepossessing moment in my life, that I would actually be presented with a genuine, no-fooling temptation of the flesh?
My mind is boggled. Seriously boggled.
Only those who have been, by all measures, uneventfully and even comfortably celibate for a prolonged period of time can appreciate how thoroughly disorienting and insanely appealing a mere kiss can be.
I do not know what I'm going to do. I have a pretty good idea what I ought to do, but I don't know what I'm actually going to do.
If you would be so good as to pray for me, I'd appreciate it.
Labels: social life
posted by Pascale Soleil @ 11:26 AM
6 Comments:
/me has the distinct impression that what you think you ought to do and what I think you ought to do are radically different.
Should I pray for you not to succumb, or should I pray for you to unravel the tangle in which want/ought/kiss/not-kiss are intertwined, and so discover where the real connections might or might not be? Which might of course vary from time to time, place to place and person to person...
Maybe thinking about your spiritual director's question would help tell you what to do. Good luck, and I will certainly pray for you!
Ahem, being a recent visitor, I am a bit puzzled, but I approve whole hardily of being seriously boggled, it is a very good state to be in, enjoy it for as long as you can. As for the "kiss" ... one cannot discern these matters so easily, so yes, prayers are the order of the day. This use of the word "temptation" seems to say much that is not being said, which adds a bit of confusion to the mix.
I think you should enjoy the kiss! Good kisses are a rare treasure.
i find it helpful to aspire to a unity between spirit [and soul] and flesh. unity of lips w/o unity of spirit is only half a kiss. but perhaps this is only my way to avoid something that is frightening?
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