{"id":1721,"date":"2012-07-09T04:19:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T08:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2012-07-02T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T16:21:13","slug":"the-dance-with-pain-and-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2012\/07\/the-dance-with-pain-and-pleasure.html","title":{"rendered":"The Dance With Pain and Pleasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe will all do more to pass up pain than we will to pursue pleasure.\u201d\u00a0 Dr. Neecie Moore in Encouragement for Your Journey.<\/em><\/p>\n

I had to stop and think about that one.\u00a0 Is it true that avoiding pain is more motivating than a reward of pleasure?\u00a0 Perhaps that\u2019s why we see so many warnings against evil in the Bible. Dr. Moore mentioned that in the book of Jeremiah there are eleven chapters of warnings of bad things that were bound to happen if the Israelites didn\u2019t stop their worship of false gods.\u00a0 Those eleven chapters are followed by just three telling the good things that would happen if they got back on the right path of following the true God. \u00a0 There are actually more mentions of hell than of heaven in the Bible.\u00a0 God knows what motivates us!<\/p>\n

Perhaps that is why we have such a hard time getting where we so desperately want to be physically.\u00a0 In order to have the reward of a healthy, fit body, we have to endure some temporary discomfort.\u00a0 We may have some hunger pangs.\u00a0 We may miss those sugary treats — and when others are scarfing them down, we watch them and feel deprived.\u00a0 We have to get out of our comfort zone to exercise and to change our sedentary habits.\u00a0 Avoiding temporary pain seems more important than the long-lasting reward of vibrant health.<\/p>\n

The trouble is that giving in to temporary avoidance of pain leads to long-lasting\u00a0 discomfort and disability.\u00a0 We are sick and fat and feel depressed and hopeless.\u00a0 We long for a better body, but can\u2019t seem to get past the temporary pain to get it.<\/p>\n

So what can we do?\u00a0 Try writing down all the reasons you want to lose weight.\u00a0 Write down the negative things that will happen if you don\u2019t change, and also write down the good things in store for you when you reach your goal.\u00a0 Think about what your life will be like when you reach your optimal fitness level.\u00a0 And think about how it will be if you keep on the same path.<\/p>\n

Keep your list in an easily accessible place. Take it out and read it whenever you are on the verge of giving up and giving in.\u00a0 Turn it into a poem and memorize it, if you have to. \u00a0 If you change your \u201cwant to\u201d enough, you will find you CAN do it.<\/p>\n

Your efforts are worth it. \u00a0 Don\u2019t give up!<\/p>\n

Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n

Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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