Good Morning everyone and, I pray all have a blessed day..smoke-FREE!!!
Every morning I read my e-mail...I get messages from About.com and the smoking cessation. This morning, I found a really cool story from a guy named Jared. It really "HIT" home reading this and, I just wanted to share a small piece of it for those who may not have seen it:
"There is happiness to be found in realizing that you are already happy. Happy that you do not smoke. Happy that you committed to doing something tough, and did it. Happy that you've finally allowed yourself to be happy."
"Do not be jealous of people who can smoke. Don't look at quitting as a sacrifice."
"I can not smoke."
Instead, look at it as,
"I can not smoke."
Two sentences made up of exactly the same words, but with two hugely different meanings. The former suggests deprivation. It says that you want to smoke, but simply cannot. The latter, a more optimistic view, says that you finally recognize that you can do this... you can live your life without an addiction that leaves nothing but death and despair in its wake.
Stay strong!
~Jared
More from Jared: What Does the Future Hold?
Reading this, this morning just really motivated me even more to stick with this!!!
Thank you all here too for your support...it means the world to me just knowing that there are others going through the same process. Whether they have 1 day or 1 year or more, they know just what you are going through because they REMEMBER!!!
Have a wonderful blessed day!!!
Debbie
