Art Burshy had bought quite some time ago a very cool lighter...
He did not really smoke, but I guess everyone recognises these moments when you walk around, when you see something and somehow you just NEED to have it.
Afterwards he had felt quite silly and the lighter had ended up somewhere in a drawer.
What is that feeling...?
- eating when you are not hungry but can not resist the temptation
- drinking with friends when you had told yourself before not to drink
- tempted to kiss someone but knowing it can never work
Art could come up with several reasons:
- we are like crows; when they see shining objects they just need to get them; its is like a deeper urge.
- evil has a pulls on us; a bit like religions often portray temptation of evil and the devil trying to allure you.
- we are compensating for being broken; when we are not happy we tend to loose ourselves in temptations like eating, drinking, shopping...
Or is it just our ego that is always there, driving us to possess objects and even people and just waits for a weaker moment. And then when we least expect it it actually takes over. And while justifying our selves it goes out of control:
- I worked so hard, I deserve some beers...
- I worked my life long, and now I am the boss so I have the right to...
- I will get money soon so I should be able to buy that phone
And by itself this reasoning is true, so that's not the point.
It is just a bit more of a problem when it comes just before diving in too deep; drinking way too much...again....or... buying yourself 'useless' stuff into bankruptcy...or...
Well, Art had made such mistakes over and over again, but recently he had been more resistant to such temptations... he was just so happy with his life, his wife, his kids, work and art...
And when he this time was looking to light the candles for a romantic dinner at home... he found the lighter and had top smile... this was actually the only legitimate use of a lighter, wasn't it?
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