This was a better week. Not better in terms of stress and the “valid” reasons I had last week for not putting in my best effort. But it was better in terms of how I dealt with that stress.
Everything is a stimulus and then a reaction. I cannot choose the stimulus. But I can choose my reaction. Why do we develop such bad habits in the first place?
I had a thought about when we see something, a consumer product, for example, or when we see someone else’s who possess a quality and “looks” a certain way to us that elicits in us a certain feeling, then what happens to many of us is that we then desire to obtain that feeling.
We are literally trying to buy a feeling.
But buying an inanimate object can never buy us a feeling. Feelings cannot be bought.
The best thing is to create our own feelings inside ourselves, not from outside with something external, fleeting, or purchased.
For me, the interesting thing is knowing that no number on the scale will give me the feeling I want. No size on a pair of jeans. Only I can create the feeling of health, the feeling of accomplishment, and the feeling of love because I am taking care of my body instead of hurting it, (when I do NOT treat my stomach like a garage can), by making a choice to feel the way I choose to feel, despite externals, not because of them.
The Bio Joy Diet 