I have always liked Project Runway's Tim Gunn for he is understatedly elegant in style and manner, proffering sage advice to contestants without being destructive.
I like him even more when I read about his candid and courageous disclosure on the show The Revolution that he had not had sex for 29 years and that he was a perfectly happy, fulfilled person.
Do I feel like less of a person for it? No! Not even remotely. I have feelings, it's not as though I am some barren forest.
Thank you, Tim, for having the guts to point out that chastity is not such a bad thing and is incidental when it comes to self-fulfilment and happiness.
Why do we allow culture to tell us what will bring us happiness and fulfilment? We often forget that fanning the flames of a sex-obsessed culture is the multi-million dollar sex industry that thrives on the sexual objectification of the human body.
Loneliness is real but what most people do not realize is that loneliness cannot be erased by a surfeit of sexual activity and that the pleasure derived from sexual promiscuity blights one's humanity and is highly addictive (thereby leading to a loss of freedom).
As GK Chesterton once said: Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.
What we crave in life is intimacy and union with God for that is how we are created. However, when we do not acknowledge the presence of God in our lives, we sometimes allow loneliness to obscure the truths in our lives and misdirect our desires.
Loneliness, which is part of the nature of humankind, can actually be a creative force that drives us to transcend ourselves and to bring out the best of our humanity - more so if we allow God to lead us through that particular dark valley.
A life well-lived is one where one makes the best of one's life regardless of how many times a week one has sex or not and Tim has definitely made his life work for him.
If only most of the modern world would realize that, too.
I like him even more when I read about his candid and courageous disclosure on the show The Revolution that he had not had sex for 29 years and that he was a perfectly happy, fulfilled person.
Do I feel like less of a person for it? No! Not even remotely. I have feelings, it's not as though I am some barren forest.
Thank you, Tim, for having the guts to point out that chastity is not such a bad thing and is incidental when it comes to self-fulfilment and happiness.
Why do we allow culture to tell us what will bring us happiness and fulfilment? We often forget that fanning the flames of a sex-obsessed culture is the multi-million dollar sex industry that thrives on the sexual objectification of the human body.
Loneliness is real but what most people do not realize is that loneliness cannot be erased by a surfeit of sexual activity and that the pleasure derived from sexual promiscuity blights one's humanity and is highly addictive (thereby leading to a loss of freedom).
As GK Chesterton once said: Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.
What we crave in life is intimacy and union with God for that is how we are created. However, when we do not acknowledge the presence of God in our lives, we sometimes allow loneliness to obscure the truths in our lives and misdirect our desires.
Loneliness, which is part of the nature of humankind, can actually be a creative force that drives us to transcend ourselves and to bring out the best of our humanity - more so if we allow God to lead us through that particular dark valley.
A life well-lived is one where one makes the best of one's life regardless of how many times a week one has sex or not and Tim has definitely made his life work for him.
If only most of the modern world would realize that, too.
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