Does temptation exist if you don't resist? Or does the term 'temptation' imply resistance on one's part? And resistance to something you should not have, should not do, or should not think?
I can't be 'tempted' with beef liver, for example. I hate it. Always have. Always will. Even my wonderful kitchen goddess of a grandmother could not spice it up or saute it up with enough onions to cause me to ask for more. And I'm never 'tempted' to do an extra push-up or run an extra lap ... or do much formal exercise at all, frankly! But a piece of rich, dark chocolate or a glass of full-bodied red wine? No resistance there! So are chocolate and wine temptations for me, or not?
Maybe temptation contains the idea that something pleasurable could be harmful if you overindulge. Chocolate or wine, in moderation, bring pleasure to my senses—and even benefit to my body. Perhaps temptation kicks in only with that desire to go back again and again, to have more, to overindulge! Desire. Temptation. Yep, twins....
