Love Thy Self
Everywhere - I go I see ads, articles in the paper, TV snippets, magazines but the obesity situation is getting worst. Why? The reality of it is without changing the way we view health and nutrition we cannot permanently change the way we behave. When I used to wrestle in University my coach used to tell me over and over again, "Where ever the head goes the body will follow". Not only was he correct in every situation in wrestling it is correct in every aspect of our lives. Now the trick is the application of this idea. In theory, we will make up our minds and then change. In reality, we don't have the time to exercise or prepare a balanced meal, or any of the thousand reasons life decides to throw at us. Now if I could show you a way to change your behaviour and overcome all the obstacles of not making the right choices, would you be worth trying it. Are you worth the effort of being a better, a fitter, a healthier or a happier person? Maybe you say? That is where part of the problem lies. You answer should be a definitive YES. Only when you realize you self worth will you be willing to make an effort to help yourself. Would you go out of your way to put a glass case around last night’s garbage?
How you see yourself will determine how you treat yourself. If you see yourself as trash you will put trash in, on and around yourself. If you see yourself as a beautiful sacred creature then you will care for and pamper yourself. But how can you see yourself that way if you are not looking with your eyes. If you see yourself how you think society sees you are doomed because all their values have nothing to do with you only sales and marketing. When you look in the mirror and say "Self I love you" You know you are lying to yourself. There is no change there. Now consider how we learn what is beautiful or ugly. Have you ever seen an ugly cat or dog at a dog or cat show? No. Each species have their own beauty. A cat never shuns another because it is ugly or fat. Only human beings discriminate this way. I took my kids to blockbuster to rent a movie, Shallow Al. Has any seen that movie. It is a comedy about a womaniser how is hypnotized by Anthony Robins so that he only see the inner beauty or ugliness of people. We now have to unlearn pretty and ugly, good and bad. To accomplishing this is no easy matter. We have to examine the very core of our beliefs.SCARRY, VERY SCARRY. We may not like what we have done to ourselves and others. You will get uglier before you become that beautiful creature appears. We have to become our own shallow Al. I will give you some of the tools to begin your journey.