The following is a reprint from a newsletter my husband Benny receives. He sent it to me and I immediately emailed the author for permission to reprint it here, which he so graciously granted. It fits so well with what I think this blog is about. If you like the article, check out Russell’s website and see what else he has to offer. I appreciate his willingness to step out and speak up. This is a GREAT article!
Well I know I’m supposed to be writing about Training, Nutrition, recovering Fast from Injury, Attitude and Losing Weight. I know I’m JUST a trainer and not a psychiatrist or psychologist. And I know you don’t tune in here to get answers on how to solve the problems of the world.
Well today I must digress. Yesterday the Governor of New York got caught paying for sex in a prostitution ring. He was paying up to $5,000 per session with these girls. The governor is married with 3 daughters.
I’m not moralizing and I know it’s the ‘world’s oldest profession’ and that it’s between 2 consenting adults and it’s his private life. But I woke up this morning not thinking about the governor but about the ‘call girls’, the ‘hookers’, the ‘prostitutes’. And no guys, I wasn’t thinking about what $5,000 would do for me:).
Does anybody care about how these beautiful women got to a point in life where selling their bodies and services was okay? How do incredible little Princesses grow up and then end up in such a degrading ‘occupation’?
Yeah, yeah I know… but Russell don’t you understand that this is a ‘victimless crime’ between 2 consenting adults? Who’s the FOOL asking me THAT question? Victimless?
What about the prostitute? Oh yeah she got PAID to have her heart and soul and self-worth pummeled further into oblivion. But that’s not the John’s fault (or the Governor’s fault in this case), is it? No the Gov didn’t start the process of destroying the Princess but he sure as hell didn’t come to her RESCUE either.
Then there’s the Governor’s wife and 3 teenage daughters. Let’s ask them how victimless this was..
They cheered on Wall Street because a self-righteous, merciless man was being brought down.
I know, I know… I’m just so naive… This is the way the world is- always was, always will be. Not MY world! I grew up with the ‘free love’ of the 60’s and 70’s. It didn’t work because it was really ‘free sex’ AND anyone who knows ANYTHING about history realizes how it destroyed lives. It brought unheard of levels of drug and alcohol abuse. People died- physically, emotionally and spiritually. I went to the funerals.
BUT THE REAL REASON I’M WRITING THIS IS TO SAVE ALL OF THE PRINCESSES IN THE WORLD!!!!!
I need real men to take a stand against anything or anyone who would harm our daughters. Not just your own but every little girl on the planet. And we don’t need to just PROTECT them. We need to let them know who they are. We need to build them up. We need to love on them. We need to give them a reason to dream big dreams.
Someone once told me that Dad needs to be the Man in her daughter’s life until her wedding day.
When the day comes that a little girl stops feeling like a Princess, YOU have to be there to remind her about Cinderella. Help her practice her dancin’. And make sure the Prince IS NOT a creep:)…
As my friend David DeNotaris always says, “Make it a Great Day”…bye4now…
Your friend (iC),
Russell Jones
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March 18, 2008 at 4:07 pm |
I like how it was written, “when the day comes that a little girl stops feeling like a princess, YOU (WE), have to be there to remind her of Cinderella”. I have granddaughters that I want to stay princesses. I hope I can remind them of who they are, and who’s they are.
March 19, 2008 at 10:43 am |
What a well written post. I agree wholeheartedly.
What would Jesus do? He would and still does, rescue the princesses caught up in this demoralizing profession.
Are they willing to admit they feel degraded and that a little piece of their soul is being torn away piece by piece? Not likely. But think about how many of them are on drugs and alcohol. It’s to numb the pain and emptiness that they feel.
Fathers, treasure your daughters so they won’t fall prey to the lies of the enemy.