In the book of Corinthians, the Apostle Paul mentioned how when he was a child he spoke like a child, felt like a child and reasoned like a child. When he became a man, he put away his childish things. In thinking about reasoning like a child, it made me think about the times in which I was infatuated about things that may have lasted too long. Some infatuations are good, and some are not so good (defining good is in the eye of the beholder). Webster defines infatuate to be inspired with an intense but short-lived admiration for.
For some people, short lived turns into a permanent endeavor. They get caught up in the nouns (people, places and things) and allows this infatuation to go on for days, months and sometimes years. When infatuation prolong longer than normal, it turns into habits. Depending on the habits, they can change into additions. For example, I once heard of a person that was infatuated with this married man at work. Many days they would meet in the break room and sit at the same table. The married man didn’t know his work friend was infatuated with him. The more time she spent with him the more she thought about him all the time. This example is what we would consider a bad infatuation that turned into a habit.
Being that this woman turned her infatuation into a permanent issue, it turned out negativity for both parties. The married man’s wife found out about them and this impacted their family. If the woman that had the infatuation would have controlled her thoughts and made her infatuation temporary (not permanent), then she would have saved herself from embarrassment and heartache. And, she would have not been the center of her married friend’s turmoil and family issues. It is amazing how controlling your thoughts and actions will lead to better and/or quality consequences.
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