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I have been in some challenging situations. A few years back when I was over in Saudi Arabia helping keep Saddam Hussein at bay, I found myself in a horrid environment that briefly brought me to the point of contemplating doing physical harm to someone.

I was working in a dusty grimy warehouse with a woman that must have been the biggest whiner on the planet. Here I was living day after day in 110 degree heat, having to constantly watch for poisonous spiders and scorpions, while working with a woman that was known as Psycho Silvia. She absolutely drove me up the wall with her constant complaining about the conditions we were forced to endure.

Because of the intense heat, we drank gallon after gallon of bottled water. On top of the refrigerator was a big butcher knife that we used to open cardboard boxes. To this very day I remember looking at Silvia's head and that butcher knife and thinking to myself, "That knife would look really good sticking out of her noggin." Somehow I survived Silvia and somehow she unknowingly survived me.

I always cringe when someone says they've reached the point where they never feel tempted. There's a common term that describes this type of person--liar. Everyone with a pulse has to deal with temptation. It doesn't matter If you're the President, the Pope, or a pauper, we all have our daily battles with the flesh.

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