Sunday Story…Game Day

Today is game day. Well it is watch the game day. We get together socialize, eat, and drink. It’s an excuse we give ourselves to let our hair down and relax the rules we live by.

That is all well and good. We need days like this to let our hair down and blow some steam off. But we can’t let ourselves get sidetracked from the long term picture.

Our modern lives have too many “treats”, too many excuses, too many places to lose focus and get off the path. We see this with diet issues in general. It used to be that we had sweets once in a while and then only a little bit. It wasn’t at every meal and it wasn’t in copious amounts.

The same thing applies here. Take a day, a few hours and relax the rules. Enjoy and indulge in a few things that are worth the extra whatever for you. Make it worthwhile though…Fritos? I think not. Frozen chicken wings? Really? A great gorgonzola on a rosemary crostini? Maybe but just 1 or 2. You don’t need to go crazy but you can treat yourself to enough to satisfy that little itch.

Willpower is a muscle. It needs a little rest and recovery too. It is hard to be 100% on track 100% of the time. Give yourself permission to let go a bit. Tomorrow you can get up and get back on the horse.

Enjoy the game. See you in the box tomorrow!

Go ___________ (fill in the blank)!

John Mariotti
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