Well, day 20 is here! Looking forward to day thirty so I can start counting months instead of weeks! That seems to be how it works. First we count the hours, then the days, the weeks and then months. Before long we can be counting years. Each time we get close to another mile stone in the journey it adds strength to our quits.
And it only seems like a long time at first. Once we get some time under our belts it seems like it gets better or is it perhaps that we just get more used to it? I really don't know but it just feels easier as time goes on. The urges feel more like a normal part of life. Something to deal with that doesn't seem to have the power that it used to.
The main thing is that my quit doesn't lose power over time. That is the one constant in this whole journey. The fact that I intend to succeed and nothing and no one is going to stop me. Soon it'll be spring and time to enjoy all those outdoor activities. And I'll bet that the hikes and the climbes will feel so much easier and so much more rewarding. After all, part of why I climb is to feel that air at thirteen or fourteen thousand feet.
But I know that this year that air will somehow feel sweeter. The air will taste better and even though there isn't as much air to breath up there, my lungs will now be able to use every bit of it! This will indeed be a wonderful summer I think.
It's always good to look for the positive in a quit and to examine the way the future will be without cigarettes. This is a kind of positive reinforcement that we all can use. If we see our futures as bleak, then they very well might be bleak but if we see our futures in a positive light then the chances are very good that it will be positive.
And not only that, to me the mind is geared toward the positive and when you reinfoce that positive feeling, then soon you have the mind, body and soul working toward that positive goal, no matter what it might be. It's just human nature to seek out a more harmonious life. And quitting smoking is indeed a step toward that harmony. So no matter how you feel right now, I think it's important to seek the positive and try not to dwell on the negative. This way we can indeed create that positive future that we all long to see.
Well, onward to day 20!!
