I'm sitting here at Panera thinking through out the day and happily eating my free Cinnamon Crunch Bagel, which will be the last for quite a while. As I sat down and unload my plate, water, laptop and purse on to the table very uneasily I thought after I finally got settled down about how frustrating little moments of the day had an impact on me;
Trying to find the right, healthy foods to eat and not ending in the poor house while doing it. There have been several attempts of trying to get fit after a few years of realizing hey I'm only getting older, and I should do something about the fact that I can't bend down as easily as I used to without getting out of breath or ending up feeling woozy. So my roommate tells me she is also determined to get healthier. She is in fact going to run in the 5k in May. Wow, after I heard this I thought, I haven't really ran any more than 10 feet since high school, but I said, hey I'll do it with you. What was I thinking!? Oh well. I need to do it. I need to cut back on the chocolate( I love chocolate) I need to stop drinking Starbucks ( I love Starbucks) and learn to eat something without having sugar in it or have it be chocolate covered. Grocery shopping wasn't too bad...we got some healthy stuff, and it won't kill me to eat like a rabbit for a few months. Plus life is good when you can find 100 calorie cookies.:)
Who knew not turning in the right direction could be so difficult? We just left happily and content with all our wondrous healthy buys from Whole Foods and we stop for our last trip of Chick-file for the century, after we get some yummy chicken, we turn to head home and instead of turning left, we turn right. Who knew turning right would bring us into a complete circle which seemed we would never get out of? There was the stop light far far far ahead of us over the hill and through the cars to the path to our happy home. We finally get to the intersection, we saw the lane we needed to turn into, but as the light turned green it suddenly disappeared because we just kept going into the turning lane in front of us with a SUV coming straight for us. So Sherry, thinking fast did a U-y and we were on the right track. Who knew turning left could be so frustrating?! We laughed and realize we could have just been killed and relieved those 5 minutes were over and we were on the right track getting home.
I think of this coming year and wonder what I'd like to change about myself. Being healthier would be nice. Be more financially stable. Dive into God's word and really learn more about Him. But just make better choices, godlier choices. Try to see ahead a few seconds for each choice and think the after math of each one made. So many people are choosing to do what they want, what makes them happy what they can get out of it. Shoot if I had a choice I'd eat chocolate everyday, wait I already am :), and look where it's gotten me? Eating rabbit food. Are we really better off making choices that serve ourselves, that make us happy for the moment? I've seen so many friends, people I know or see everyday at work and wonder why they do what they do. What makes a person buy $80 worth of liquor and $20 worth of food on Food Stamps?
Chocolate will only fulfil my cravings for a moment. It'll also leave me wanting more. Even though I see the truth on the nutrition chart that it is not good for me in large quantities what the hooey, I'll eat it anyway. So many knowingly see the truth that there is a God, proof of His existence and proof that holds over time, not just speculations, not just guesses, not just, "oh, well maybe this is true, let's get back to it in a couple of years and see again." People are seeing the truth with every choice they make and know they are making bad choices. The choices that could lead to their doom. The truth is right in front of them to give them the freedom. The thought of friends, family members, and people in general are choosing to ignore the truth, choosing to go their way even with the right path is in front them brings tears to my eyes.
I hope this year gives you an opportunity to make the right choices, to give you a chance to live better for God. Happy New Year!
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