"It's never too late
to be what you might have been" George Eliot
THE GOAL by Bill Witte
The impetus of considering a transformation of an existing community to one of vital citizens is either one of forward thinking or of a reactionary response to a deep and troubling concern.
Whichever end of the triggering continuum that causes people to want to change behavior will do, because we must change our ways in the Western World, as our ways are what a U.K. study group calls “obesogenic”, they will deliver obese people with a high disposition of being morbidly overweight and therefore prone to unnecessary diseases and chronic illnesses.
Sadly very few of the life-style change programs consisting of fad diets, magic exercise equipment or pharmaceutical solutions ever sustain. Our bookshelves are lined with their books, our attics and garages show the results of very clever TV ads as we see the “equipment” that was supposed to give us “take-your-breath-away” abs or the discarded “diet pills” that we never finished taking because they weren’t effective, and possibly had unacceptable side effects.
The ads all proclaim, “IT WILL…” not, “YOU NEED TO…”. “IT” never changes lifestyle; only a conscious motivated decision wherein we are either scared of potential consequences if we don’t change, or we are just “sick-and-tired” of being “sick-and-tired”, makes us change. Or maybe we just want a better life. “WE” can change our behavior!
All we need to do is commit to ourselves, “I WILL”, realize that we must start now with – “Baby Steps”, and be patient; progress will follow!
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