July 21, 2025 The Scales Don't Lie: Why We're All Walking Contradictions
“You have power over your mind-not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
Listen to audio, or read this meditation:
No need to be upset when I step on that weight scale – I'm simply reading my own diary, one pound at a time. We humans truly are the most perplexing creatures on this spinning rock we call home. Somehow, we expect the wages of our misdeeds, our little indiscretions, our delicious over-indulgences to not be collected – and then we're genuinely astonished when reality comes knocking with the bill.
Perhaps we're less rational than we'd like to admit. The ancient laws of sowing and reaping were wisdom in biblical times, and friend, they haven't changed their address. What part of that midnight ice cream marathon should excuse us from gaining weight? What part of lighting up cigarette after cigarette should grant us immunity from getting sick later?
Think about it – we'll spend forty dollars on a meal that takes twenty minutes to eat but destroys our health for twenty years. We'll binge-watch Netflix until 2 AM, then wonder why we're exhausted and reaching for energy drinks. We'll stress-eat our way through deadlines, then act shocked when our jeans don't fit.
How long will we keep jumping on every bandwagon with its catchy tunes and movie stars, letting celebrities and athletes lead us down this so-called fun-filled path to the destruction of our own health and well-being? These folks have personal trainers, nutritionists, and million-dollar incentives to look good – yet we follow their endorsements like gospel.
There's only one destination for those of us determined to be part of the "with it" generation: spending our senior years shuffling between hospitals and doctors' offices. The legions of elderly people parading through hospital corridors should be proof enough that we're being led like blind men down a seemingly joyful path that can only wreck our health and turn our anticipated golden years into rusty tin.
The beautiful truth? Every day is a fresh page in that diary. We get to choose what story we're writing.
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