Habits Can Hold You in Limbo

I love reading jokes. They bring a relief from the stresses of everyday living. Sometimes they lead me down a path of reflection. This great joke from Resource a Day did just that.

How much of our daily activities are just habit? And how many of those habits are keeping you from losing weight or even getting your work finished?

Habits cover everything from how we make the bed to what and when we eat or drink.

You can't delete a habit without replacing it with another habit - hopefully a better habit.

I remember reading once that if you want to break a child of throwing their coat on the floor when they come home - you need to meet the child at the door and prevent the dropping of the coat. You lead the child to the place where the coat is to hang and have him/her hang it up. You have to do this everyday for a several days and then suddenly the child is doing it on their own. It is a habit.

So the next time you are considering that second piece of pie - just stop and replace that action with another action. Get up and start cleaning the kitchen or go water the plants. With consistent effort, those second helpings will be a thing of the past and you will be that much closer to your weight goal.

Oh yah - the joke.


The Taxi Driver

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a
question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver
screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus,
drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from
a large plate glass window.

For a few moments everything was silent in the cab,
and then the still shaking driver said, "I'm sorry but
you scared the daylights out of me."

The frightened passenger, apologized to the driver,
and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder
could frighten him so much.

The driver replied, "No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault.
Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a
hearse for the last 23 years.

Contributed by: Dawn Hunt
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