Quest Less, More Content

JUST FOR TODAY:  Let go of any quest to achieve more, and practice contentment with what already is.

People in with eating disorders and weight problems tend to be high achievers – straight A students, star athletes, successful professionals.  But before you have even celebrated the success of getting your most recent report card, you're already thinking about the next set of classes you'll take.  Before you really take in the fact that you scored the winning goal for your team, you're running laps after the game hoping to improve your conditioning for the game next week.  Before you enjoy sitting at your new desk in your new office as the VP of sales, you're already wondering what your next promotion will be and what you'll need to do to get it.  Sometimes we forget that we are not human doings – we are human beings.  Sometimes we think that when we have more that we'll finally be happy.  The real secret to happiness is contentment with what already is, what you currently have, and who you are right now.  Pause to love your Self and your life today, and watch what happens.

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado