Wise or Dumb, Your Choice

Ridiculous!

A current report reveals that women are as susceptible, if not more so, than men, to the sad phenomenon known as ‘beer goggles’ and are as apt to respond to said attraction most spontaneously.

If this is so, what, oh what has happened to the general mentality of women? If a pint and a half of beer will possibly make a loathsome toad appear to be a prince charming, why would a woman succumb to the beer in the first place, let alone to the toad/prince?

I do attempt to ‘judge not that I be not judged,’ but I feel strongly about the need to maintain standards and a sense of discernment. It is true that many a fine book may be hidden beneath an unattractive cover, and yet, it is also important to cull the chaff from the wheat.  (Forgive my mixed metaphors, but I enjoy them)

I think that there is a possibility for most anyone to be redeemed in this lifetime if redemption is sought. But the seeking is the key. One must strive for higher ground, or one will remain lost in the bog. It is not the job of someone to jump into the bog with another simply for the sake of companionship.

To me, the attraction is founded first upon intelligent conversation and clever repartee. Should someone prove themselves of equal or greater mental and spiritual standing than I, then I seek to raise myself up to worthy equality and allow for nature to take its course from that point.

In any interaction I hope to bless through encounter and both inspire and be inspired either mentally or spiritually. A challenge to learn something new is a wonderful blessing, so long as the subject is within the context of one’s appropriate value system, or the motivation to research is for the sake of an ultimate benefit to self or society.

I  sometimes feel the ‘need’ for a Guinness when out with the girls if I want to loosen up and dance or sing karaoke, but stopping with one and sipping it slowly is beneficial for me to maintain my reason and yet unstuff my excessive inhibitions. And yet, I know that I do not really ‘need’ that Guinness, because I know that appropriate meditation would achieve my desired affect just as well. Either/Or.

And so, I would caution women to embrace discernment in their quest for companionship and to embrace less alcohol or other substances that might alter their mental state of self-protective shielding.

Have fun, be well and Blessed Be

Victoria