ROLE MODELS FOR GIRLS

GIRLS, WHAT YOU NEED ARE GOOD ROLE MODELS. THAT IS, YOU NEED ROLE MODELS THAT ARE GOOD GIRLS. YOU NEED TO FIND SOME LIVING OR DEAD SAINTS TO EMULATE. IT MIGHT BE MY LAMBENT NAIVETE THAT IS SPEAKING OR MY NOSTALGIA FOR THE APPEAL THAT GOODNESS HAD FOR ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BUT CERTAINLY THE TRASH AND TRAMP-HOOD OF MODERN SOCIETY IS NOT WORTH IMITATING. BAD ROLE MODELS MUST BE IGNORED WHETHER REAL, FICTIONAL OR MAGICAL. FOR EXAMPLE: BARBI, BRATZ, CHARLOTTE CHURCH, MADONNA, PARIS HILTON, BRITTANY, BEYONCE, KATIE, A DIXIE CHICK, AN AMERICAN IDOL, JLO, OR A BARELY LEGAL PORN STAR. MISSING FROM THESE BEAUTIFUL FORMS AND FACES IS A MORAL SUBSTANCE, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO MEANING IN LIFE. AND WHERE WE GO, NOT WHO OR WHAT WE TEMPORARILY ARE, INFORMS EVERYTHING THAT IS LASTING.

THE DEVIL IS IN 7TH HEAVEN TODAY. OCCASIONS OF SIN - TEMPTATIONS TO ENGAGE IN LUST, VIOLENCE, GREED AND SELFISHNESS - SWIRL MADLY IN OUR CULTURE OF EXTRAVAGANCE. EVIL TO BE SPOKEN, SEEN, TOUCHED, TASTED, SMELLED AND HEARD IS FREE. YOUR CHOICES ARE FREE. SUPERFICIALITY AND ARTIFICIALITY CAN BE BOUGHT AND SOLD; SEXUALITY CAN BE USED AND DISCARDED. YOUR CHOICES ARE FREE. BUT THE HIGHER APPEAL OF TRANSCENDENT IDEALS IS ALSO FREE.

IN YOUR TURBULENT TIMES OF HORMONAL TUMULT, YOU YOUNG WOMEN NEED ROLE MODELS. WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GONE? IN THE MEDIA WORLD THEY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN. PARENTS AND PEERS HAVEN'T DONE THEIR DUTY FOR YEARS. WHEN A 53 YR. OLD HOMELESS MAN CAN OBTAIN A GUN AND ABDUCT YOUNG GIRLS TO RAPE AND KILL, IT'S APPARENT THAT THE ABSENCE OF PROPER, PRIOR PARENTING IS WELL OVER A HALF CENTURY OLD.

YOU NEED TO FIND OR TO RE-DISCOVER THE POLLYANNA WHO CAN INSPIRE YOU NOW. DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF BOOKS AND DISCOVER LANDS WHERE GOOD LADIES HAVE DARED TO TRED. FOR EXAMPLE: MARIA GORETTI, BERNADETTE, ST.TERESE, THE ST. JOAN, ST. ROSE, THE VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER TERESA, JACINTA, ANN FRANK, TEKAKAWITHA, THE TEENAGER WHO SAID "YES," AT COLUMBINE. YOU TOO CAN BE A GIRL WHO DREAMS TO BE A GOOD WOMAN FOR GOODNESS' SAKE AND THE SAKE OF THE BEAUTY OF GOODNESS. EVEN THOUGH SHE BATTLES EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF OUR SECULAR, ATTRACTIVE MILIEU, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SAY NO TO HER DEMISE.

SAINTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE OVER THE TOP WITH RELIGIOSITY, BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT UNDER THE TABLE WITH DEPRAVITY. YOUR CHOICES ARE FREE. FOR THEM, ONLY YOU WILL PAY THE FAIR, MARKET PRICE IN ETERNITY.