No Easy Way

Again, I woke up several times last night with a phrase in my head.  This one comes from Willie Nelson (I Googled it):

There is no easy way - but there is a way.

There really is no easy way to get through life.  We all come with our own set of challenges.  The only way to get to the other side of a problem, a heartache, a bad day is to go through it.  Another line from this song is "The journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step".  So, one step at a time, we have to proceed through whatever is in front of us.  Sure, we can ignore it hoping it will go away.  But when we get ready to proceed down the road again, that "whatever" is still there, waiting.  Usually growing.

This journey to a more weightless future is not easy.  But it is simple. By accepting how my body will react to certain stimuli every single time, I am simplifying my life.  By accepting that my body will go into a tailspin and the demons will  rise up in the presence of sugar or wine every single time makes the avoidance of those things very simple.  But not easy.  By accepting the program that I am choosing to follow as written makes my weight loss success very simple.  But not always easy. 

There is no easy way.  But there is a way.  Always.

In coming to understand and accept how my individual body works, I am simplifying my life.  In simplifying my life, I will become more weightless - figuratively and literally.  By fighting my body, comparing it to all those "others" out there, wishing it were different, arguing with it, expecting it to act differently than it will every single time, I am adding weight to my life - both figuratively and literally.  And this is all within my power to choose.

For me, for today, I am choosing simplicity.  I am choosing weightlessness.