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Choice

Choice.

It is always happening.

Each day, there are hundreds of decisions that gets made.

They might seem small.

They might seem insignificant.

Like a chocolate bar after lunch. 

Or a coffee after 3pm.

Perhaps it doesn't matter if you choose that once.

If you did the same thing a couple of times, I doubt it would make a difference long term.

And yet, if the same decision is made day after day, then it's likely you would start to see some changes.

A chocolate bar after lunch will likely give you a sugar rush. At least for the first few times. 

A coffee at 3pm gives you a boost when the afternoon slump hits. At least for the first few times.

Then you get used to the sugar rush, and you need more. 

The coffee doesn't kick as hard as it used to, and you "need" another one.

Fast forward a couple of months, and there is a little paunch where washboard abs used to be. The energy to exercise, once plentiful, is waning and if you do exercise, your body feels depleted because it relies on a glucose spike which is rapidly burned during a workout .

The late afternoon coffees are undermining quality sleep, and caffeine has become a crutch. The more coffee you drink, the worse sleep becomes and so you feel more tired . Of course, you're turning to the coffee pot in a viscious downward spiral.

Sounds extreme, right.

But each choice, repeated, becomes a tendency.

Each tendency, repeated, becomes a trend.

Each trend, repeated, becomes a habit.

Each habit, repeated, becomes a lifestyle.

And lifestyles create either good health or disease.

So the next time you make a choice, take a moment and think if this step is going down the right path.

Are you heading towards good health?

Are you heading towards disease?


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