Temptation Can Be So Bad At Times....Yet It Feels Soooooooo Good

Human nature is kind of funny. We think we’re strong enough to handle anything and everything....until temptation comes around. I mean,think about. We put ourselves on a strict diet,we go to the gym we lose the weight we want to,we grow out of bad eating habits, we get rid of our own toxic habits and get rid of toxic people in our lives. And then we turn back to them by giving in. All the hard work and you’re back to square 1 thanks to the power of temptation. Boy, is it powerful. Leads us into trouble by trapping us in its web by using its basket of goods. Ask Little Red Riding Hood,Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread Man. Some of us can relate. I know I can. I’ve been up and down that road too. Feeling like Superman with Kryptonite. Or Batman when he’s seduced by Catwoman. Or flies when they see lights. We all have had our moments with temptation. Some of us still have trouble fighting it. I know I still do. Let’s be real,it kicks our butts almost everytime. Some things were just so used to eating or doing,that it’s become an addiction overtime. Like eating Little Debbies and hot chips and Funyuns and chicken and other fatty unhealthy stuff knowing you’re suppose to be eating healthier. Or letting someone talk you into trying out a new drug or something else you is weird or bizarre or can hurt/kill you. Or bringing home your ex everyday for sex. some It’s like something pulls us towards whatever we can have or shouldn’t want or need. And the world doesn’t make it any better because TEMPTATION IS EVERYWHERE!! It’s promoted on tv, on the radio,in stores and restaurants. We can even try to outrun it,but it’ll still catch up and overpower us. No matter how fast you are,it’s gonna come and trip you over when your inches away from the finish line. Guess after all that we might as well call temptation our BFF. Our shoulder to cry on. Our safety for the evening. A friend in need. Our rock to stand on. I bet right now there’s a special place for Temptation in the hall of fame for all its “greatness and accomplishments”. And I thought life throwing lemons was bad enough already. If it ain’t one thing it’s another. And another. And another. However, I think I may have a solution to resisting temptaion as much as you can. By training your mind and brain to believe and think you can conquer and overcome it. Increase your hope to be able to walk past something you see that looks “delicious” or “interesting”. Make your mind believe you need someone or something you don’t need to satisfy you night and day, especially if you’re just using them for your benefit. That people that “love you” and all the cakes,cookies and chips are not gonna help you in any way. They are just gonna suck you dry and ruin your chances and goals of losing weight. Everything that glitters ain’t always gold. Another thing you should train your brain to think about. The things we have to deal with in this world, I tell you. It’s never ending. Would y’all agree? Penny for your thoughts? Let’s just think about it for a second. It’s like we’re bees when we smell or see honey. That’s how temptation works. It lures us in with its sweet smell and taste that we don’t know what’s coming on the other side. It blinds us from seeing what’s really in store for us. Because we allow it to sink us in using its charms and assets,we get into trouble sometimes. Before you answer,just take some time and think about these questions I’m going to ask you. How many times have we dodged temptation and succeeded? How many times have we been tempted by something or someone we shouldn’t want or need? No shame or guilt. Everybody isn’t perfect,you know. We all have our downfalls. We’ve all been there. We all got dirt. We’re humans. We make mistakes and more mistakes and we learn more and more from them everytime. And the best way to lure yourself away from temptation is to teach yourself to walk away. To say to yourself “Nope,not today.”. And to feel good about it. It’ll be hard,but you can do it. Temptation is nothing but an undercover sexy temptress just trying to make it hard for you to accomplish anything and have your own say. Demolishing everything in its way to do it too. But,it cannot demolish your piece of mind and confidence unless you let it.