Addicted to Love: Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston file for divorce
"Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes....
Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love"The Famous song of Robert Palmer turned anthem.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown file for divorce after 14
years of marriage. Many of us have watched this family
go to court, get arrested for marijuana possession, and
even have a hit reality show.
I read an article yesterday that said that Whitney was addicted to
Bobby Brown. And when you look at the words of the song above,
it reflects in a strange way what we saw on the outside looking in.
A beautiful successful talented woman, who kept going back to
a husband who has been said to physically abuse her,
cheat on her, and makes crude remarks around their daughter.
We look in, laugh at times , shake our heads in amazement in
her ability to rationalize staying in this craziness of a relationship.
But yet, have we looked at our own lives to see if anything exists
that we are addicted to that bring our lives unnecessary pain?
We become addicted to procrastination to avoid a certain reality.
Some of us can become addicted to fear that keeps us
comfortable right where we are and we don't grow.
And like Whitney and Bobby,
And like Whitney and Bobby,
our minds come up with rationalizations to keep us in a
vicious cycle of self-punishment and fantasy of what is really going on.
My prayers are with their family especially for their daughter, who is
in the middle of the divorce and media frenzy. Many times we are so
caught up in our own fantasy world of rationalizations. What we fail to remember is that what we do or don't do, effects the life of someone else.
What can you do today to break your 'addiction'?
When you acknowledge the problem,
life rewards you with the gift of power to create a solution.
Live with purpose,
Yukio
