It's interesting
to know how you change the way you look at things. I have hardly bothered how
my stomach looked like, whether it was round, flat, big or small or if it was even
there in the first place. Grocery shopping is now taking extra time as I keep
comparing if particular bread has more vitamins than the other and less
carbohydrates. Cheese should have less fat and curd should have 0% fat. Coca
cola, my favorite drink is now hardly consumed nowadays as it contains more
sugar. I don’t consume readymade packaged food anymore as it contains more salt
and in turn pushes me to get home early to cook regularly.
I have never been
so conscious about my health in my entire life. When I was a kid, my parents
told me that you should be thankful for what you have to eat. Eat with a
thankful heart and don't be choosy. We were not allowed to say that something
was not tasty. There are lots of children begging on the streets and they don’t
get enough food and some are even starving. I think eating healthy and being
fit is one of the last things you want to think of when you see people around
you suffering and the size of your tummy is the last thing you want to be
conscious of.
What made me take
such a decision? My colleague is a regular fitness freak and he hits the gym on
all the working days. I sit next to him and started noticing the selective food
he takes. When I bring something that has extra fat, he immediately notices it
and warns me of it. Exactly at 5:30 PM he makes sure that he is in the gym and
I see his dedication there as well. Monday its the chest and Tuesday is for the
back, Wednesday is for the legs, Thursday is for biceps and triceps and Friday
is for shoulders. His schedule makes sure that you don’t miss any part of the
whole body. You don't want to have a good chest and shoulders and chicken legs,
he tells me. I slowly started imitating him as well.
We have the right
to consume all the things, but not all are beneficial for us. If you have a
good appearance, people can see it and complement you for that. The hard work
outs in the gym and the sacrifice of not eating the tastiest fatty meal results
in a good outward appearance.
The more I thought
about this, I felt the need for the guarding of the heart, something that goes
on the inside and something that is grossly ignored. It's very easy for the
inside to be corrupt these days. The seduction that comes from the media in the
form of visuals and the lyrics of a song shape the inside and needs to be
avoided. It seems harmless initially but in the end it cripples the way we think. We
don't like to talk about the things done in private as we don't want rules for
the inside and it is termed as personal life.
Pleasure is
something for me, which has to be dealt with cautiously and with care. With
illegitimate pleasure comes meaninglessness to life. Stolen waters appear to be
sweeter but it is not so but however leaves you emptier. I feel that the inside
should be taken care of more than the outside. Man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart. Jesus said:”Out of the heart
come evil thoughts, murder…”. With God given boundaries, we can enjoy fulfillment
in life and live a beautiful life on earth.
When the inside is taken care of, it is evident when you are with
the person. You can feel the compassion, thankfulness, warmth and the love.
There are some people I long to have fellowship with and these are the special
people that rejoice when you rejoice and weep when you weep. The fruit of the
spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. I am strongly convinced that true love is something
that comes from a pure heart and love comes from God because `God is love`.
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