I remember a friend telling a story or analogy about how a person goes down a road and falls in a pothole. Then the next day she goes down the same road and falls in the same pothole. The next day, the same thing. Then finally learning from the past she goes down the same road but goes around the pothole. But how much better to avoid that road in the first place.
I probably messed that story all up, but that's what's on my mind. It's like the phrase, "You keep doing what you're doing and you'll keep getting what you're getting."
I'm tired of falling in the same pothole when it comes to overeating. I wish I could find a consistent way around it. Better, yet, I wish I could find a completely different road.
I love the story you are talking about. Here it is in its entirety. Never give up!
ReplyDeleteAutobiography in Five Short Chapters
Chapter 1
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter 2
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 3
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter 5
I walk down another street.
~ Portia Nelson ~
(There's a Hole in My Sidewalk)
My different road is gluten free foods. It is going to be tricky to eat out, that's for sure! But I rarely do that anyway.
ReplyDeleteSusan... thank you so much!! I tried to find it on the Internet but I guess I had so much of it wrong, it didn't pull up. (I heard it 15-20 years ago, so I knew my memory of it was scrambled.) Now I have a copy! YAY!
ReplyDeleteLynn... It seems like I see "gluten free" restaurants more nowadays than I ever noticed before... but still very few available. That makes it tough. Are you feeling a difference since you started to avoid foods you are sensitive to?