Day 1 for me....Big Shocker. I couldn’t really come up with answers to those questions. I really don’t read many books as I work 6 days a week, have two small children & many idle hobbies I delve into when I can’t sleep at night. I go to church & sing in the choir on Sunday mornings before I have to bee-line it into work. I try not to miss choir practice and always try to lend a helping hand to others in need. I don’t have time for TV and I love to sing in the car. I work out 5 days per week and eat very clean..physically. Life’s busy but it’s ok. Or is it? Why couldn’t I answer question #1 then. Is anyone or anything really influencing me negatively? Guess not...so that must mean that I am my own worst enemy. I am a negative influence on myself. I do not pass blame on anybody or anything else but myself. Thus the big shocker. So “Who am I allowing to influence my thoughts?”. Myself. Now that’s pitiful. I am a Christian but I am human. Why in the world would I not the power of the Divine have more influence over me than my own stupid self. Questions #2 & #3 are relative to #1 so they were shot also. Now for question #4. How much of what I do take in (of whatever is on the Menu for the week) is nutritious for me? I feel like somebody filling out a Weight Watchers Questionnaire. Yes I know what got me into this prediciment but I don’t want to fess up because then I’d have to give up my vices. I have enough nutrition to blow on fumes I guess. I spend more time worrying about how nutritious my next meal is for my body and not worrying enough about the nutrition of the next meal for my soul. I don’t feed my soul 3 meals per day. If I physically ate like I soulfully ate, I’d be a bag of bones right about now. Now if that doesn’t shock you into next week nothing will. Except for...who am I influencing? Wow. That’s enough to make me cry. I would never intentionally hurt anyone, it’s the subconscious influence that is passed like the flu germ...silently. I feel totally oblivious at this point. I worked for a man once that said “If you have a complaint you’d better have a solution”. I do have a complaint now. I’m starving my own soul and therefore inflicting malnutrition on those around me. My solution to this complaint is to start feeding my soul every time I feed my mouth. When I sit down to a meal, I need to bring a good book with me and eat with my mouth and eyes at the same time. That should then fix the flu bug epidemic as well. I will hopefully be infectious in a “Better” way!
