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A day of temptations
This was one of the worst days of my life...
It started with a phone call from my mom, she needed me to
be in her house, early, so all my program was changed.
My sister in law and my little 2 year old nephew were arriving
to Monterrey, he is getting next week a surgery, they live in
Playa del Carmen, next to Cancun, quite far away from my city.
I arrive and make myself some eggs, and just continue
waiting for them to come home from the airport.
First temptation: My parents brought fried chicken, they forgot
I was on a strict diet, so I had to make something quick to eat,
my dad was a little ashamed by this so he ask me if I wanted to
order something, but I already found some leftover chicken.
So the day was going ok, but then my dad ask me to go buy him
some cigarrettes from the store and told me to take my little nephew
with me, so I started walking with him and a neighbor stop to ask me
about some restoration work she wanted me to do for her, and in that
moment, my little nephew he pull his hand from mine and started runing
to the middle of the street, I panic and just start runing after him and
just remember screaming as hard as I could, NO! I grab him and throw
him to the floor as a car stop close to us in a very violent way, he started
crying and I just grab him and hug him and took him back home, I was
shaking of fear of what could have happen, I didnt want to let him go when
I got to the door where all the family were outside asking what happen,
they took him from my arms and I started to shake and didnt want to enter
the house, it was a feeling of shame of leaving him loose in the street and
hundreds of images pasing thru my mind of what could have happen and how I would have died in that moment if something would have happen to him.
Second Temptation: My parents told me to eat sugar for the scary moment,
I just said, NO, I'm on a diet!, my parents started to smile and laugh, in that moment I started to cry, then I also started to laugh thanking God for taking care of us. So I got in and my little nephew went to tell me he was sorry and
gave me a big hug and a kiss. That was all the sugar I needed.
After a while my mom ask me if I could make them crepes, those thin pancakes, and I just laugh cause it was the second time she ask me in the week, the first time I told her that she was not thinking how much of a temptation that would be to me, but this time I decided I went thru enough to realized that I had taken a decision that was definitive, so I made everybody crepes with marmelade, syrup and dutch candy, and I didn't eat one! My third temptation in the day had stop being such, instead of looking it as a temptation I saw it as a moment to prove my conviction, and I pass the test.
After I finish doing the creps I eat a delicious bag of chicken wings with a big glass of water, and feel so happy!
And after living one of the most memorable days of my life, fill with moments that I will never forget, I feel beat up, but with a feeling of success I can't describe.
I value life and value the fact that I could run with enough speed to stop my nephew from being run over by that car, thanks to the fact that I have lost weight with this diet, so I wonder, what would have happen if I didn't had this lighter body, could I have stop him? So I will ask myself each time I find another temptation, are you ready for the things that life will present to you to feel free to eat this?
I'm just starting but I feel life is telling me I'm in the right track.
Thanks to all,
Rosa
It started with a phone call from my mom, she needed me to
be in her house, early, so all my program was changed.
My sister in law and my little 2 year old nephew were arriving
to Monterrey, he is getting next week a surgery, they live in
Playa del Carmen, next to Cancun, quite far away from my city.
I arrive and make myself some eggs, and just continue
waiting for them to come home from the airport.
First temptation: My parents brought fried chicken, they forgot
I was on a strict diet, so I had to make something quick to eat,
my dad was a little ashamed by this so he ask me if I wanted to
order something, but I already found some leftover chicken.
So the day was going ok, but then my dad ask me to go buy him
some cigarrettes from the store and told me to take my little nephew
with me, so I started walking with him and a neighbor stop to ask me
about some restoration work she wanted me to do for her, and in that
moment, my little nephew he pull his hand from mine and started runing
to the middle of the street, I panic and just start runing after him and
just remember screaming as hard as I could, NO! I grab him and throw
him to the floor as a car stop close to us in a very violent way, he started
crying and I just grab him and hug him and took him back home, I was
shaking of fear of what could have happen, I didnt want to let him go when
I got to the door where all the family were outside asking what happen,
they took him from my arms and I started to shake and didnt want to enter
the house, it was a feeling of shame of leaving him loose in the street and
hundreds of images pasing thru my mind of what could have happen and how I would have died in that moment if something would have happen to him.
Second Temptation: My parents told me to eat sugar for the scary moment,
I just said, NO, I'm on a diet!, my parents started to smile and laugh, in that moment I started to cry, then I also started to laugh thanking God for taking care of us. So I got in and my little nephew went to tell me he was sorry and
gave me a big hug and a kiss. That was all the sugar I needed.
After a while my mom ask me if I could make them crepes, those thin pancakes, and I just laugh cause it was the second time she ask me in the week, the first time I told her that she was not thinking how much of a temptation that would be to me, but this time I decided I went thru enough to realized that I had taken a decision that was definitive, so I made everybody crepes with marmelade, syrup and dutch candy, and I didn't eat one! My third temptation in the day had stop being such, instead of looking it as a temptation I saw it as a moment to prove my conviction, and I pass the test.
After I finish doing the creps I eat a delicious bag of chicken wings with a big glass of water, and feel so happy!
And after living one of the most memorable days of my life, fill with moments that I will never forget, I feel beat up, but with a feeling of success I can't describe.
I value life and value the fact that I could run with enough speed to stop my nephew from being run over by that car, thanks to the fact that I have lost weight with this diet, so I wonder, what would have happen if I didn't had this lighter body, could I have stop him? So I will ask myself each time I find another temptation, are you ready for the things that life will present to you to feel free to eat this?
I'm just starting but I feel life is telling me I'm in the right track.
Thanks to all,
Rosa
I responded to you in yesterdays roll call before I saw this, but I'll say it again....I hope your friday is much better and you have a wonderful weekend! Stay strong!!
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