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By Steve Harris Life Strategist Steve Harris presents the second part of a six-part series on the adventures and escapades of Samson in the book of Judges. Be sure to catch up on the first part of #RealScript last week in case you missed it. 1. We arrive at Jael’s bar. It’s in the better part of town, in the Valley of Sorek, though all of Philly’s a slum as far as I’m concerned. #RealScript 2. Hazael, Ari, Othni and Shek order a round of drinks and dried dates. #RealScript 3. There’s a Perezite band playing called the Parasites. Hahaha! Their music’s pretty lecherous and the patrons love it. #RealScript 4. There are all sorts of women here. Sorek’s finest. For 30 shekels, you can go home with a Cushite, Amorite & Jebusite babe. #RealScript 5. The Parasites are done. We await the next entertainment. Hazael puts our serving girl on his lap. She empties his wine on his head. #RealScript 6. The next act appears, wearing a long hooded robe. #RealScript 7. The band begins to play. It sounds like music from the campfires of caravans that come from Egypt. #RealScript 8. The hooded figure disrobes and begins to dance. My God, she’s beautiful. #RealScript 9. I’m transfixed. Everything, everyone disappears. I see only her. #RealScript 10. Dark olive skin, coal black hair, eyes like the topaz on the robe of the High Priest, lithe, supple body. #RealScript 11. She leaves the stage and dances between the patrons who reach for her, but she slips from their grasp. #RealScript 12. She’s walking towards me. My heart’s racing. Be still o my soul. A bead of sweat falls from my brow. #RealScript 13. She looks me dead in the eye. There are very few people who can make eye contact with me. #RealScript 14. I catch her scent, a whiff of honey and nectar. I feel a stirring in my loins. I must have her. #RealScript 15. I’ve never felt this way about any woman before. Bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh #RealScript 16. The music grows faster, she dances with the frenzy of an Ashtoreth priestess. #RealScript 17. Spinning and spinning around the room. Her eyes firmly locked on mine. #RealScript 18. The music stops abruptly. She falls on the floor and slowly walks out of the room. The patrons empty purses and call her name. #RealScript 19. Delilah! Delilah! Delilah! #RealScript 20. Thus, I learned the name of the mystery beauty. #RealScript 21. Little did I know this was the beginning of my end. #RealScript Steve Harris is a motivational speaker and chief executive officer of EdgeEcution (pronounced Edge – E- Cution), a management consulting firm that assists clients in gaining competitive edge by enhancing the performance of its people through consulting and training interventions. Learn more at www.iamsteveharris.com, and follow him on Twitter @iamsteveharris