I have been thinking about the joy of temptation. I have been having a difficult time today. Some days just seem to be harder than others. I have been off on my eating, and have just been hungry all day. I have come to find that there are only a few things that I cannot resist and at the top of that list is chocolate mousse. Man I love that stuff. I have done a pretty good job of just avoiding anything like chocolate mousse on the lifestyle, but for my daughter Maggie's birthday, Emily made a chocolate mousse cake. Honestly, things like this should be outright forbidden. I got mad at Emily for making the thing at all, and she, of course, blamed the four-turning-five-year-old. "Maggie said it was all she wanted for her birthday." I went to Maggie to confirm this story, and it was actually true.
Since it was her birthday, there was nothing I could do to get it out of the house, so I was forced to just refuse to eat it. After about twenty minutes, when I was licking the bowl Emily had made the mousse in clean, I realized there was nothing I could do but eat a piece of that cake. Ultimately, this cake became the bane of my existence, and there was nothing I could do to resist it. It really made me mad, and after my second piece of cake, I was totally sick.
Anyway, now I am sitting here, thinking about the joy of temptation, and realizing that the problem with the joy of temptation is that you never remember the pain of regret. Let me tell you something, and I am going to put it in bold to emphasize it, IT IS ALWAYS WORSE TO EXPERIENCE THE PAIN OF REGRET THAN THE IT IS TO FEEL THE JOY OF TEMPTATION. It really is.
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I had this same problem this week. I have been trying to make good food choices and eat healthier...and i was doing really well.
until ... i found the one this i could not resist. it is only available at valentines day -- a hershey's chocolate covered marshmallow.
it's not world class or anything. but i love it.
and i had to have it.
and i did.
and i haven't been good since.
ack.
maybe there is no joy in temptation. but perhaps there is joy in resisting temptation.
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