{"id":1108,"date":"2011-12-14T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T15:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2011-12-14T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T15:42:21","slug":"change-you-have-to-do-it-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/12\/change-you-have-to-do-it-yourself.html","title":{"rendered":"Change &#8212; You Have to Do It Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Life doesn\u2019t come with a remote.\u00a0 Get up and change it yourself. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Anonymous<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/files\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1109\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/261\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>It would be nice if there was a remote control device that allowed us to rewind.\u00a0 Go back. Do it differently this time.\u00a0 It would also be nice if we could change without effort.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t going to happen!\u00a0 No one can take charge of your health for you.\u00a0 (They may try, but you will get around them.)\u00a0 Whether you start eating foods that nourish your body and make you feel great instead of draggy, whether you take good supplements that will make up what is lacking in our food supply, and whether you get up and move &#8212; it\u2019s up to you.\u00a0 If you want things to change, you\u2019ll have to put out a little effort and do it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life doesn\u2019t come with a remote.\u00a0 Get up and change it yourself. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Anonymous It would be nice if there was a remote control device that allowed us to rewind.\u00a0 Go back. Do it differently this time.\u00a0 It would also be nice if we could change without effort.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t going to happen!\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[118,312],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-tips","tag-change","tag-remote-control"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Change - You Have to Do It Yourself - Beyond Gorgeous<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/12\/change-you-have-to-do-it-yourself.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Change - You Have to Do It Yourself - Beyond Gorgeous\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Life doesn\u2019t come with a remote.\u00a0 Get up and change it yourself. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Anonymous It would be nice if there was a remote control device that allowed us to rewind.\u00a0 Go back. 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