Recently I attended my wife’s high school reunion, an opportunity to get together with friends and acquaintances that you haven’t likely seen in at least a decade. The destination they chose as meeting place to get reacquainted? The casino.
My wife had never been to a casino before. I gave her a description of what to expect. Admittedly it had been a long time for myself as well. As we approached after parking way in the back, there was a magnificent entryway with an enormous waterfall cascading into a lit pool. It was beautiful. However, as soon as the door opened, the beauty stopped.
For those of you that haven’t crossed this threshold, I’ll try to describe. Slot machines from one side of the building to the next with brightly lit monitors and promises of grand amounts of cash a person could possibly win. People sitting at nearly every station with either a cup of coins to feed the machine, or better yet, a pre-programmed card they put into a slot and then start pushing the buttons of poor odds and empty promises. In the center of the building there was a bar where drinks were dispensed, mostly of alcoholic content. The noise was so loud that as we congregated near the bar, it was difficult to have a conversation with the person right in front of you without either raising your voice or attempting to read lips. Through it all, the haze of nicotine smoke drifted and stuck to clothes, hair, and our lungs.
Bad habits. The building was saturated with bad habits. Many different addictive ways to shorten life, finances, and even your health…all under one roof.
In review, the outside of the structure shimmered with wealth and beauty. Yet simply open the doors and the illusion started to fade. Too much time spent within this structure leads to loss of wealth, loss of beauty, and loss of life.
Have you ever known someone that looks wealthy and beautiful on the outside and yet behind the exterior there was a loss of wealth, health, and life?
Samuel Johnson was once credited with the quote, “The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” Every day, strive to make habits that encourage healthy motion, alignment, and nutrition. Make healthy habits that are too strong to be broken.
Choose your habits wisely, because they will in turn choose your health.
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