one step forward, two steps back. one step forward, two steps back.
does every back-slide have to be major? can we experience a relapse and bounce back immediately? i think this must all be a choice. we decide how much of an impact self-disappointment will have. and usually we decide by following the same mental path that we have followed already. it’s the idea of the long-term relationships we have with associations and the way our synapses fire. which is why we should all read “change your brain, change your life”. well, at least i should read it. or its like when you give a little on a commitment (like a diet). you cheat and then the whole diet goes up in smoke.
when am i going to choose something else? when i am going to stop being afraid? oh wait…i was already getting there. and i doubt that one back-slide means i go back to square one if i don’t want it to. my dad gave me a really great piece of advice once…he said if you are confused about what you should do, write down what you think your best friend should do in the same situation and put it in your pocket and then the next time you come to a crossroads in which you feel paralyzed to make a decision, read the piece of paper. i think i am going to do that. what the paper will say, i already know, is “don’t do anything…STOP doing anything…leave it ALONE”
so that means no pressure, right? in fact, what could be easier to do than do nothing? i think the hard work in that is to stop THINKING about the “thing”. JUST STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.
