06-12-2011, 11:37 AM
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Re: Reflections...
"Watch out for temptation...the more you see of it the better it looks"
Short Story:
As a teen, Megan arrived home from school just in time to watch an hour of 'soap operas' before doing her homework. She enjoyed the escape of the T.V world and wasn't really aware that the programs were creating an inordinate amount of sexual curiosity in her. Over months and even years of watching her two 'soaps', Megan's perspective on life took a shift. She began to think, Relationships don't need to be pure - in fact, the impure ones seem more exciting. Fidelity doesn't matter, as long as a person is 'happy'.
As a college student, Megan found it easy to participate in 'one-night stands'. Then, after a short marriage ended in catastrophe, as a direct result of her infidelity, she sought help from a counselor to understand why she had engaged in extramarital affairs. Megan had been a model teenager at home, church, and school as far as her 'public' behavior was concerned.
Finally the counselor discovered the source of the temptation that drove Megan to participate in her supposed 'hidden' life.
What we see on T.V. inevitably becomes a part of our memory bank, becoming 'background information' for 'justified' behavior. If what you see isnt what you want to do, then change what you see!
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