I still have Christmas fudge in the
house. That is a great success and a great problem. It is a success,
because, I have not eaten it all (yet) and it is a great problem
because I have not eaten it all (yet) hmm.
One of my students came over and asked
for help filling out a questionnaire for college. It asked her to list her
greatest strengths and then greatest weaknesses. I surprised her when
I said, “Greatest strength, stubbornness. You keep on holding on
until you finish the task and I admire that. Greatest weakness,
stubbornness. Sometimes you won't listen to advice or stop trying
when you really need to do so.”
I think that strength is usually an
upside-down weakness. My sister, Christi is a pharmacist. That is
quite an accomplishment for anyone. It is very hard to make it
through any kind of graduate school, but she is even more amazing
than that. She entered college as a single mom with five kids, three
of them were still at home. Her husband rarely paid any child
support. She then adopted a baby grandchild halfway through pharmacy
college. She graduated with solid good grades too. I think she
belongs at the very tip-top of her class. Very few people
understand what obstacles she overcame to graduate. But I know how
great she is.
However, I tell her she only made it
because she is a stubborn Norwegian. Her task was impossible, but she
was too slow and stubborn to know that, so she just kept going
anyway. Then she graduated. She knows I too had 4 Norwegian
grandparents and am stubborn, so she just smiles knowingly at me.
When I'm trying to Find Normal, in
relation to my living and eating, I need the good side of
stubbornness. I need to go and fall down and keep on and fall down.
Then I need to keep getting up, only one more time than I fall down.
My keeping on lately includes my desire
almost every day to stop my sugar habit. I stop eating sugar
forever--quite regularly. When I blow it and eat poorly for a day, I
know I will have really bad sweet cravings for at least 3 days
afterwards.
I desperately need to be stubborn
during those days. I will blow it at times, but.... Here goes:
#1. I will get up and keep on, keeping
on eating good normal food in moderation.
#2. I will hold onto joy.
#3. I will hold onto health and life.
I want to hold on to living the way I
decide. I am choosing to Find Normal with all my strength and
stubbornness. I'm gonna make it, just like my sister did.
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