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Woe is me! Or should it be whoa?

pir8fan
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Last week I went outside for a quick walk with my dog! I was in a bit of a hurry, and did not put on shoes! That is a no-no for those of us with diabetes! Sure enough there was an invisible splinter of glass on the sidewalk! I am sure by now you all have figured out where it end up! Yep, stuck in my foot! I thought I got it out! Wrong! I spent the day at work standing on it! That night, after soaking my feet, I was finally able to get the glass out! I am healing just fine, thank you! 

My point here is that this must have been caused by my quit! Bad things never happened to me when I was smoking! Life was great! Everything was perfect,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NO, wait a minute! The memories are flooding back now! Bad things did happen, even when the cigarette ads told me how great everything was! I did have kidney cancer! I did have obstructive sleep apnea! I was in some auto accidents! People I knew and loved died! Lots of bad things happened, and I had no quit to blame them on!

In recent days I have seen lots of people questioning their own quits because there is something bad going on in their lives! That, unfortunately is life! Bad things will happen! And, bad things happen to good people! Your depression, your anguish, your hangnail, or whatever is not caused by your quit! You had all those things before your quit! They may seem worse, or more noticable now, but that is not because they are worse! The nicodemon will take everything in your life, and twist it into an EXcuse to have "just one little smoke"! Do not fall for it! There are a million EXcuses to smoke but not one good reason!

Ignore the nostalgia! Nostalgia is like a grammer lesson! We find the "present tense" and the "past perfect"! Keep your quit in perspective! It will not eliminate bad things from your life, but it does make them easier to deal with! It will not make your life perfect, but it will make your life better! Freedom is always best!

Do not listen to the voice of the nicodemon! He wants to take your Freedom, and yes, your very life, away from you! He want to enslave you once again! You have broken Free! You have him beat! Now squash the little bastard, like the bug that he is, and walk away to the world of Freedom, and opportunity that awaits those who are bold enough to take it!

Keep your Focus!! Never lose your Determination!!                                      Tommy

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