Getting Away with Things

I’m standing in the kitchen, staring into the fridge and wondering what I can eat that won’t ruin my diet when suddenly I think to myself “I feel like I’m trying to get away with something, who am I trying to fool?”  Have you ever felt that you were accountable to someone else while dieting, perhaps if you have to weigh in at Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig?   So if you cheat you are fooling them?  Give yourself a big shake and a lecture because you are only fooling yourself and you are not “getting away with anything”.  I’m pretty sure I am not alone with this ploy but a great big bell rang in my head this morning and I said “that is enough of that”, closed the fridge and set about doing the right thing.

       Little example which we can now use in the big picture of life.  I always wonder why high profile people think they can get away with things since inevitably they will get caught.  In the unlikely event that they are not caught, who are they fooling in the long run?  Their integrity is obviously gone and if they believe in a higher being, well “He’s Watching You“.  Is the cheating really worth losing your self respect? 

       Perhaps self respect is no longer a valuable commodity in this desensitized world.  Curiously enough I was taught self respect at quite a young age even though my parents never actually used that term and yet I instinctively understood what they were trying to teach us.  Be true to yourself, that is what quiets your soul and allows you to sleep well at night.  God bless my parents, I sleep like a log.