Funny how not long ago I was interested in blogging about a certain topic and now it seems as boring as ever to me to write directly about.
It was based on this thought: at the wedding Friday the newly-weds were counseled that “you can run into debt but you will crawl out of it”– basically that it takes almost no effort to dig yourself into debt, but that it’s generally much more difficult to get out of debt.
Though this concept applies to debt, I realized that it can actually be applied to many other things in life. I watched Empire Strikes Back on Sunday, I love that movie for both Yoda’s silliness and also his wisdom when he’s serious. Luke asks “Is the dark side stronger?” to which Yoda replies “No… Quicker. Easier. More seductive.” Ponder those words for a moment.
Ok, so what I was thinking about wasn’t quite so heavy, but the concept applies, and that’s physical fitness. It really is easy to put on the pounds and get out of shape, and much harder to get the weight off and stay fit. For example, it takes almost no effort to me to eat a medium Frosty from Wendys. But it takes so much more to get reverse the effects of that frosty– probably a good 30 minutes of cardio at the gym. Not to mention the motivation and energy required to get to the gym, which I generally don’t have after eating something like that. It kinda goes back to something else Yoda said when he was training Luke– “Control, control! You must learn control!”
I think that really is one the biggest challenges of this life– learning to master one’s self.
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I am so diggin’ that first picture! And here you post four pictures of food and then end up saying we must control our appetites. I’ve just finished off a whole bag of Nestle’s Creamy Caramel Treasures, and after reading your latest entry, I feel REALLY guilty!
Peppers have been an acquired taste. These ones are luscious looking. I can now eat a few thin slices of raw pepper without getting ill and actually sort of like the taste.
Nestle’s Creamy Caramel Treasures on the other hand… YUMMY! And Nestle’s Dark Chocolate with Almond Nuggets.
Geez, I’m getting hungry!
Sunhang and I had cajun chicken salads yesterday in the shinae and they had some good ol’ bell peppers spread on top of them. I thought of you and this post. Did you fix the color you were shilmanged with at home? Because now that I look at them again they seem really vibrant and I don’t know what you were complaining about. 😉
on an unrelated note now that your first entry has vanished into an invisible archive are you going to throw up an archive link?
Archives– it would be good if I made the archives available, no? I’m going to do it manually… when I get around to it the archives should include all my previous entries, including from my original blog in 2002. That blog was more fun 😉
And no, I haven’t tweeked the pics, haven’t had time. It’s just that top pic, the reds look a bit dull to me. Oh well :p
As far as bell peppers go, I think I most enjoy them grilled on a kabob with chicken or steak, mmm….