Weight Loss: Move Pebbles, Not Mountains

I’ve been trying to move mountains for 20 years and frankly, I’m tired. Aren’t you tired too?

There are a million ways to travel from the beginning to the end of your life. Some trips are longer than others, some paths are more intense. It seems to me that of all of the lives that we could possibly experience, there is one path for each of us that is the most… true. There is a specific path, a certain series of conditions and decisions and circumstances, that will allow us to cultivate our best possible lives.

I can now see that as far as my health goes, I missed a turn, or a series of turns, somewhere along the way. This body, my body today, and my true body (me without the consequences of not eating well, using food to medicate, and learning then living a relatively sedentary lifestyle) are living miles apart. Today, my body is heavy. My muscles are tight, and my joints sometimes ache but, I know that this isn’t true for me. I know that this body is the result of a life lived out of alignment with who I really am.

My true self is strong, healthy, and vibrant.

I want my reality and my truth to be the same. I believe we all do. After spending all of this time fighting to move the mountain that lives in the gap between the two, suddenly I see how the old way of thinking has failed me. The old way is not working. In fact, it never works. We have to find a way to get back into alignment with our truth.

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Nina A.

11:38AM PST on Feb 19, 2012

Good article, thanks.

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William K.

2:05PM PST on Feb 12, 2012

Great advice.

Brian M.

1:18PM PST on Feb 2, 2012

Vicki P.

5:56PM PST on Jan 29, 2012

Thanks for the article!

Sarah M.

5:38PM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Thanks

rene d.

11:29PM PST on Jan 22, 2012

thank-you!

Barbara B.

6:48AM PST on Jan 22, 2012

I am inspired! I also have made loads of commitments that have been doomed to failure throughout my life. now i take it one moment at a time. But I love the pebble analogy. One pebble thrown into the water can create many ripples.

Carol C.

2:18PM PST on Jan 19, 2012

I like this article. Very well written. Thank you.

Nicole G.

2:13PM PST on Jan 18, 2012

Never thought about it this way. Thanks so much!!

Cheryl B.

5:03AM PST on Jan 17, 2012

great article