Temptations Galore!!!

Alarm clock...7 a.m....snooze.....7.15 a.m....snooze....7.30 a.m....snooze....
This road is deserted. "Let's go take a quick look."
Eating chocolates is a sin for a diabetic. "One piece of it would not do any harm."
This guy is so wrong for you. "How do you know? Maybe he is 'the one'."

Why is that 10 minute of sleep most precious?
Why is it that one longs to go towards the road which one knows will only cause trouble?
Why is it that diabetics can't give up on that one thing which they aren't supposed to have?
Why is it that guys who treat girls all wrong are the ones that chicks go crazy over?

Simple...Because any kind of pilferage is addictive and exciting. Not being caught, or doing something that one isn't supposed to, gives us all a 'high'.

Isn't that why Eve ate the forbidden fruit???

I am not much of a TV person, leave alone watching all those soap (sulk) operas and a superabundance of 'Reality Shows' that are up on the LED's/LCD's of every house on the street. Yes, my home is no different. What with a younger brother and a sister whose day start with remote in each of their hands.

My recent elongated visit to my place was enough for me to realise that I live with a TV frenzied family. And I happened to give them company for most of the times (because that's how my family spends quality time). 'Emotional Attyachar' is what caught my attention. Seemed like Mr Hyde hidden in all the characters on the show. Not giving one thought before cheating their partner. Temptations leading them astray!!!

And for once, we all would agree that it is always tempting to break the rules. I have done it myself, quite a few times. Defying the law, flouting traffic rules, drinking yourself senseless, destroying public property, ringing a bell and running away – all these activities seem so exciting when teenage hormones are raging. Unfortunately for some, those hormones never do quite settle down. And Mr Hyde is always waiting just a breath away to emerge and exhibit a vastly different persona and morality from that of Dr Jekyll.

Coming back to cheating, back in college, a classmate of mine cheated on her boyfriend with a guy who I had a crush on. The reason: they were drunk and together. You never know your vulnerabilities unless you are face to face with the temptation. It is then, that it becomes difficult to hold ground.

Tiger Woods, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rajat Gupta, former McKinsey Global MD, Queenie Dhody-Socialite,  IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor all have one thing in common. Thrilling themselves with the illicit!!!

We encounter nays and don’ts at every turn; some imposed by law, some by society, others by those close to us, and yes, some restrictions we impose on ourselves.

And now it seems it's just the forbidden that tempts us to break the monotony of life!!!