We are a month into the New Year already. So how is your New Year’s resolution going? Don’t feel badly if you didn’t make one, nor if you are failing to live up to your expectations. It is okay to be human, especially an imperfect human.
My goal was to lose the five pounds that doesn’t want to go away. Five pounds isn’t much to lose in a month but it is when you can’t seem to lose it. I have consistently exercised five days a week but my problem is eating. Eating brownies I made this weekend. Eating broccoli cheese soup. Eating tater tot casserole. Eating, eating, eating.
Instead of feeling down on myself for all the wrongs I’ve committed, I’m trying to take a healthier perspective. If I start looking forward instead of backward, I can begin to change my habits. I can think about how fortunate I am to be able to afford fresh fruits and vegetables and to have them available to me in the store. What a blessing it is to be able to eat apples when our trees don’t even have leaves!
There isn’t much that tastes better than a crisp, crunchy fresh salad as long as I am looking forward to the salad, not dreaming of a big steak. It is a matter of perspective. And I’m in control of my viewpoint. If I frame my thoughts in a positive manner, my meals will be more satisfying and delicious.
“He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy,” (Acts 14:17b NIV).
May we progress toward our healthy goal, one step or bite at a time.
Gloria D. Stewart
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