{"id":7,"date":"2008-11-06T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2008\/11\/limits-an-easy-one.html"},"modified":"2008-11-06T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T09:44:33","slug":"limits-an-easy-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2008\/11\/limits-an-easy-one.html","title":{"rendered":"Limits: An Easy One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s some easy limit that you could experiment with today?&nbsp; Try one, only one limitation, and see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>If you are used to having seconds after your first helping of something, skip it.&nbsp; Just say to yourself, &#8220;I&#8217;m satisfied with one. That&#8217;s enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you are shopping today, don&#8217;t buy everything you want.&nbsp; Consider saying to yourself, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need that just now, I&#8217;ll wait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you have a lot on your plate (don&#8217;t you love the metaphor?) at work.&nbsp; Try taking a moment to identify what&#8217;s most important, and do that first &#8211; then one less important thing might be your limit for the day, and it might just wait until tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind what Mark Twain said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t put off until tomorrow, what you can do day after tomorrow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re having a hard time with trying one limitation today, finding it not so simple &#8211; say a prayer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God, I know only you are limitless.&nbsp; I know I am limited.&nbsp; Help me to enjoy my limitations and look to you for limitless love. Amen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, take a moment to truly savor your limitations.&nbsp; Feel the limitless love of God.&nbsp; Appreciate that you have done something very powerful today to achieve true, lasting satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s some easy limit that you could experiment with today?&nbsp; Try one, only one limitation, and see what happens. If you are used to having seconds after your first helping of something, skip it.&nbsp; Just say to yourself, &#8220;I&#8217;m satisfied with one. 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