In Dicken's classic story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. The visits changed his life - and they changed his future. I love this story because it is ultimately a story of redemption and hope.
With Christmas just two days away, some of us may feel like we're being visited by ghosts of our own Christmas past. Some of those memories may be very sweet and precious to us, while other memories may be painful.
The ghost of Christmas present may also be haunting us right now. We may be feeling the pressure of things on our "to do" list, or we may be feeling a whirl of emotions as we anticipate being together with family members.
Emotions tend to run high this time of year and there can be great temptation to deal with those feelings with food. When you're tempted to do that over these next few days, I am encouraging you to think about the ghost of Christmas future. When you think ahead to next Christmas and the one after that, where do you want to be? A year from now, would you like to be celebrating Christmas at your goal weight, looking and feeling fabulous? Do you want to be healthier a year from now than you are right now?
Ebenezer Scrooge changed his Christmas future by making the decision to change. He had a glimpse of a future that scared him, so he made different choices that resulted in a different, joy-filled future.
We can't change our past - it is what it is. But we can change our future. If you don't want to be struggling with your weight next Christmas, if you want next year's holiday photos to reflect a more healthy you, you can have that. It won't happen on it's own, but it WILL happen if you make the decision to have a different future and then make the choices needed to support that decision.
What will your Christmas future be? It's up to the choices you make . . . choose wisely :-)
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