It's all in your head

There is a well known intersection that I pass by on a regular basis.  It is the intersection of Hopeless Avenue and Desperation Drive.  Most of us are wandering around the middle of this intersection with traffic - and life - whizzing by.

When I find myself there, it is because I'm engaging in some form of self-destructive behavior and I feel that I can't stop.  I feel trapped in a frenzy.  Like I've been swept up by a tornado and I can't escape the whirlwind.  That is when I feel the desperation - like a wave of fear - struggling to be free.

Enter liposuction, the lap band, fen-fen, ephedrine, jaw wiring, etc.  At times I wonder if the newest solution that everyone was getting results from was taste bud removal, would we consider it?  Don't fool yourself.  If you are at the intersection, you might.  But the problem with taste bud removal is you end up binging on wood chips instead of potato chips.  Either way you are still binging.

I am the best diet gimmick out there.  And so are you.  You see, in then end if we are choosing a tool to control our behavior, instead of trusting that the power is within us, we'll find ourselves at the corner of Hopeless Avenue and Desperation Drive.  I don't mean to make it sound easy like flipping a switch because Lord knows I've struggled.  I also don't know all there is to know about diets and self-control and personal power.  All I know for sure is the solution isn't in a pill or a shot.  It's all in your head...and your heart.  (...whew!  just go mooshy!)