there are no cures to anything. thats the first thing you have to understand. it takes time and patience, acceptance and humility.
dealing with the physical is like climbing mount everest. if you stand there stairing at the mountian, it will look too difficult. you will obsess about the pain and torture you will experience trying to get to the top. you look at the mountian and say to yourself.. no way, this is impossible.
but thats because youre not looking at it right. what you should be concerned about is not the entire mountian. your first concern is your very first step. thats the only thing that matters.
over your life thus far, youve developed patterns. habits and rituals. things you do everyday without thinking about them. some of these patterns are beneficial. like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, looking both ways before crossing the street.. and so on. but we also have tons of negative habits. laziness is one of the big ones.. but there are many little ones that go along with it. these are the things we need to change. you cant just say.. "ok from now on im not going to be lazy." or "ok, from now on im not going to be a jerk" or "from now on im not going to be fat".
it doesnt work that way. you cant just become a general in the army by saying "im a general in the army!" you have to start from the bottom, private, private first class, and so on. and even between private and private first class, there are many things you have to achieve in between before you can go on to that next level. its the same thing when we are talking about mental and physical well being. you have to start at the beginning, and work your way up.
your problem you say, is that you dont know where to start. well of course you cant start from the middle, and you certianly cant just leap right to the end. thats like if you had a homework assignment to read a book and give a report of what you read, but you only read the ending. you will get an F because you didnt complete the assignment.
by starting from the beginning, you start from the most basic of basic problems in your life. you say youre lazy. ok, but why are you lazy? well its different things for different people. like maybe you spend too much time playing xbox or watching tv. from my experience tv is a huge problem. im totally addicted but if i threw out the tv, id be jonesing too hard for it and would most likely just get another one. thats because i skipped from point A to point F. instead what i did was i got rid of my comfy TV chair. sounds extreme, but what i did was i got rid of just the frame, and kept the cushions. now when i watch tv i sit on the cushions, but its not as comfortable as being in the chair, and i spend alot less time in front of the tv. when im ready i will get rid of the cushions. then when im ready, ill get rid of cable, then ultimately, the TV. but im not even close to that part yet. ill do it when im READY. and that means when my mind has had its time to adjust to the changes.
BABY STEPS. thats what it takes for the mind to adjust. like throwing a goldfish into a freezing cold tank after its been swiming in a jacuzzi. it will die, because it hasnt had the time to adjust. all changes must be GRADUAL. your mind is very sensitive to change. so is your body. thats why you wouldnt be able to climb mount everest in less than a day if youve spent the last year being a couch potato. your body needs the time to adjust to being active again, and gain the muscle and capabilities to be expert at climbing. that will come with time. but it will not come without effort. not STRAIN. slow and concentrated effort. two steps forward, one step back.....
slow down your negative thinking. dont be so quick to dismiss positive change. cause it is possible. just like negative change is possible. you and i, are the fat people who suck down a box of hohos a day and complain about being fat and miserable. sure the hohos taste good, but it ultimately leads to self destuction. and thats the connection we have to make. we have to give up the hohos if we dont want to be fat. we have to start walking and breathing and feeling the energy seep back into our sleeping bodies. we have to give up that which is causing us temporary bliss.. but ultimate suffering. we have to start from the bottom. because the bottom is where it all began.
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