Driving to work the other day, listening to the news, I heard that the Powerball lottery had risen to an insane amount of money --- millions of millions. Since I have kicked my bad habit of eating in the car, I had little to do except start to day dream about what I could do with millions of millions of dollars…
For several minutes, I mentally built my list of the things I would do with unlimited resources. I always think about traveling (which I love), and then I think about the places I would spend some time. I would bring my family together again! After that came the things I would buy: a new car (cars!), an RV… a horse or two! Oh my goodness, just think what Patrick and the kids could do with this money! Think of all of the needy projects of the world that I could contribute to… and clothes – I could buy more purses and shoes…. <sigh>
Of course your thoughts come skidding to a halt when you hear the news that someone else has won the lottery – someone else has stolen your dream! Which brings it home to you: You Could Not Win Because You Never Bought a Ticket! (In other words: You can’t win if you don’t buy in.)
Life in general is certainly a lot like winning the lottery, and it seems to apply to weight loss in particular. You can sit and think of a lot of things you would do if and when you lost weight: you’d look thinner, you’d buy new clothes, you’d get compliments, your family would be proud of you, you’d be able to walk further and your doctor would rave about it at your checkup when looking at the results of your tests… but WAIT. YOU CAN’T WIN if you don’t BUY IN.
Buying in means believing that you can get the winning ticket. It’s the first step in making the weight dream a reality!
