In The Eye Of The Beholder
It all changed in the 1960s. I remember growing up in the '50s and aspiring to the exemplified life of the families on Father Knows Best and Leave It To Beaver.
I didn't live that Utopia, but it gave me an IDEAL to focus on. Believe me, it never hurt me. It elevated me and provided positive role models for my young, still-forming moral character.
With the '60s, drugs, free love and liberalism, Father Knows Best and Leave It To Beaver, became laughable and unfortunately so did COMMITTMENT, HONESTY, and CIVILITY. God was dead and if it felt good, you did it! To hell with responsible behavior and accountability that enriched my own character development. The '60s kids right up to today's genXers have been handed down a whole new RULE BOOK.
It is my opinion and I invite you to respectfully disagree with me that culture and society have suffered major setbacks from the mentality and frivolity of the last 40 years. It's time to come full circle and learn from the mistakes of the past. History always repeats itself. It is cyclical, so there is HOPE. In the story of Pandora's Box, all evil was released at its opening but HOPE remained as its anchor.
Frankie Valli's stirring song, My Eyes Adored You, tells a story of desire, lost love and cherished memories. You haven't experienced all love has to offer until you allow a man to work that kind of magic.
Since The Rules was written by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider a great deal of controversy has ensued about the roles of the sexes in the mating game. You miss so much if you rush it and don't let it play out naturally.
A woman in love goes crazy for that first touch and more often than not, she is guilty of initiating it. It's so hard to wait, but waiting for him to be the natural aggressor/lover that he is, reveals a sensitivity in him that might otherwise never surface in the relationship. I'm not saying to walk on eggshells and never let him know that you want him; only that subtle communication builds passion.
In Love Signs, the world renowned astrologer, Linda Goodman, says this about falling in love: "Sex is not a sin, only the mis-use of its energy is a sin against the Higher Angel of one's own Self. Sexual union is the ecstasy of "deep" discovered by those who love, symbolic of a man and woman's blending with the Universe and all of Nature, in Oneness. It's a simple matter of priorities. You fall in love first - with your eyes. Then with your mind, then with your heart (emotions). By now your soul has joined the experience - whether you realize it or not, you've "fallen in love" spiritually - and it's time to fall in love with your body.
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