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kadollan"..until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise." -- Stephen Covey
I'm reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" (which is alternately lame and really insightful). This quote leaped off of the page at me.
How many people blame genetics, socialization, family atmosphere--do anything and everything but accept personal responsibility for the situations that they find themselves in? I know that in my own life this is such an easy trap to fall into.
Okay, my mother was overweight. This is an empirical fact. She also died of a heart attack when she was 55. Also a fact. I am overweight. BUT, and here is the wonderful bit, BUT I am not overweight because my mother was. I am overweight because in the past I had habits and behaviors that were unhealthy and I consumed more calories than I burned. Now, I am not denying that the way I was raised contributed to the development of these habits, but people. I am a self-aware adult human being with opposable thumbs. I did this. I chose this.
And now I am choosing differently.
(PS I walked two miles today, and did the sun salute three times.)
I'm reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" (which is alternately lame and really insightful). This quote leaped off of the page at me.
How many people blame genetics, socialization, family atmosphere--do anything and everything but accept personal responsibility for the situations that they find themselves in? I know that in my own life this is such an easy trap to fall into.
Okay, my mother was overweight. This is an empirical fact. She also died of a heart attack when she was 55. Also a fact. I am overweight. BUT, and here is the wonderful bit, BUT I am not overweight because my mother was. I am overweight because in the past I had habits and behaviors that were unhealthy and I consumed more calories than I burned. Now, I am not denying that the way I was raised contributed to the development of these habits, but people. I am a self-aware adult human being with opposable thumbs. I did this. I chose this.
And now I am choosing differently.
(PS I walked two miles today, and did the sun salute three times.)
