Day 18
I can’t say that today was a day of particularly good choices. I didn’t sleep at all between yesterday and today which, as anyone who works graveyard shift will tell you, is pretty normal, when going into a weekend, or at least it is for me. So as I arrived at the house this morning I was tired. That was strike one. Upon entering the house the most delicious aroma, of cinnamon rolls, assaulted my good judgment and will power. That was strike two. As I surveyed the house I noticed that everyone was gone. Strike three.
A few days ago I wrote on how to bring things from the subconscious mind to the conscious mind to fight against a bad habit. As I struggled with the above strikes, I told myself, “I feel like eat those cinnamon rolls.” I was using the plan. I walked in the other room, but through the course of time I ate the three remaining cinnamon rolls.
There will be times when you do everything right and you still aren’t strong enough to stay away from bad habits. That doesn’t make it alright. While my eating cinnamon rolls is fairly pedestrian, we all deal with different things in the realm of fitness and nutrition, that no amount of Jedi mind tricks can conquer especially when you are, say dragged into Krispy Kreme by your wife later that day. By the way thanks for that sweetheart.
In these times you need to have someone to lean on. This person should be someone that is willing to talk you off the food cliff and into a pair of running shoes, and then go running with you. I would also recommend having someone to serve as well. I just felt most everyone’s eyebrows raise, and the voice inside your head say, “Where the Heck did that come from?”
I hope you don’t get turned off about me talking about my addiction, because her it goes. In general addictions or habits are selfish in nature. We indulge because it feels good, or it makes us not feel anything because we hurt. Many times we see on the nightly news, how someone has dulled their own pains, and through that process has hurt a friend or family member. We need to move our thought outside of ourselves and focus in someone else for a change. Try it. As you do this more and more you will see week things become strong. Relationships will be strengthened, people will be helped and Habits will be broken. It’s a win, win, win for everyone involved.
Today’s goal is to find that friend that you can trust and lean on in a time of need, and once you have found that person, you task is to find someone you can serve. Maybe you could even be that person for someone else. If you truly feel like you can’t find anyone to serve, then pick someone and pray for them, every time you are faced with challenges. Pray that they will receive the help that they need.
“Be active. Be Kind. Be a friend to those in need.”
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