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Smile!

Chuck-2-20-2011
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Good morning Exer’s!!

Today’s a great Day! After all, if you’re here then you’ve decided to quit smoking. And whatever phase of that quit your in, it is indeed a fantastic day! How could it not be? We’re taking one of the most negative aspects of our lives and kicking it to the curb!

There’s no time for negativity my friends. No. But there’s always time to smile. There’s always time to take back our lives. There’s always time to step back and assess how we’re doing. How far we’ve come in our commitment. Sure, we have a screaming addict within us, trying to get it’s way. Trying to confuse us as to what we’re really doing. Trying it’s best to make us uncomfortable.

This can make one notice the negative when there’s just so much positive out there to look at. And every day that we continue on the path to freedom is another day to pat ourselves on the back and look ahead to the day that we achieve that freedom.

But we really don’t have to look at it as something we lost. No, instead we must find what we have gained. What we have learned along the way. We must smile at the fact that even though we quit smoking, spring is coming in all it’s splendor!

I think of the seasons a lot like I do quitting. We start out in the fall and as we begin ripping our addiction out of ourselves, piece by piece. I call this the winter. A kind of tearing down of the body in order to create a more perfect you in the spring for you see, once we get through the worst of it then the only enemy left is ourselves and since we know we’re not going to smoke then we should be feeling pretty good.

I know, I know; I’m not the one in the middle of my withdrawals right now. I’m not the one who must live with the screaming addict within. But once I was there. Once I felt what your feeling now. I remember back then when Dale told me that once we can laugh at our own addictions then we have won. Of course I didn’t believe him at the time but in the end I learned for myself that he was right.

And so now it’s my turn to tell you that things couldn’t be brighter. Things couldn’t be better. Your building a future that’s going to be so bright with love and health that it would seem absolutely silly not to smile at that.

Take a break from the internal torment and focus the mind on the peace that awaits you. Focus your mind on the wondrous healing that is going on inside of you as you progress. Look at that nice picnic down the road that you might not have attended were it not for what you do today. Think of all the celebrations of life that you will see. Think of how this future might have been had you not chosen to quit and if that doesn’t make you want to smile then I don’t know what will!

Onward to freedom!!

Chuck

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