Enough!
Setting my goals has not really been working. I know how I want to eat and it is spiritually, emotionally and environmentally directed. I need this for myself. If one lives by any kind of morals then it should make things a lot easier when it comes to choices, right? Ha, yeh right! Well I am hoping. I am tired of feeling selfish and over indulgent. I know George is visiting soon, Good old George, but I have not worn the fat pants is a darn long time. Time to think like the Buddha would and get real with myself. I desire more for myself then the instant gratification that is over and done with before the sweetness is even swallowed. NO MORE. Where is my temple that was so near? No more.
I am not sad. I am glad to see things so clearly. This is my new moment to progress not digress.
Only positive thoughts.
On the news of exercise because the other was a tadpole short of ideal, I walked and walked around downtown checking out the street fair. Found some cheap books that I am really excited about. So I would say my knee is MUCH better. I need to get back into shape though. This is the longest I have ever gone being so sedentary and I will never take for granted again the ability to MOVE and MOVE a lot. The excess on my legs and behind let me know today that I have had ENOUGH!
And so I ask myself each time I eat this week, “is that Temple-quality food?” or “is this Earth-friendly food?” I even made the cards to remind me. I have a short memory sometimes. *rolls eyes*………
Respect? Oh yes I do deserve it.
Glad the knee is coming along. Just have patience (the quality I lack) and HEAL. I have copied my blood tests from last week and posted on the fridge. These exercise classes are stepping up in tempo and I am crying for mercy at the end of an hour. Good for me I am sure. Take care. Love, Marge
So glad your knee is better. Thanks for reminding me my body is a “temple” so there fore I need to be mindful of what I put in it. What kind of books did you get?
Respect is the word I use all the time when I see food that i might crave. Would I respect myself 15 minutes later after I ate that thing?
I know what you mean about the goals. Sometimes it’s a setup for a failure. Sometimes it’s a trigger to rebel and find excuses. Sometimes it’s an honest assessment and doable, reachable, step-by-step, fully reasonable program. The choices are ours. I think impatience makes the goals unreasonable… What do you think?
did i ever tell you about the zen of eating? i think you’d like that book alot. it’s about being mindful in your eats. for me i can do that as a vegetarian but not as a full eater. i want to line that up - my spiritual, environmental, political, and ethical beliefs around food with how i actually eat.
i’m kind of the same way with goals in general. little tiny small ones work, big giant life changing ones not so much…