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The Outer Limits

JonesCarpeDiem
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"You control the horizontal,

"You control the vertical."

A bird flies

I can't

A dolphin leaps

I can't

Physical attributes prevent me/us from performing these tasks

without some invention or aid. 

What we do have, is the ability to think and create those aids/inventions that allow us to overcome our limitations and get to point B, albeit with an assist.

(You don't believe a bird knows why it can fly, do you?)

 It learned how but it doesn't understand the science or physics of flight.

 

Most of us don't take advantage of our ability

or learn how focus it.

Once we begin thinking before we act

Is when we develop our common sense.

This begins when we are young.

Keep learning and smoking doesn't make sense.

tip of the day

Bite into a lemon when you're having a bad crave

It's better to be "soured out" than have a smoke and cave.

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.