’ve been reading “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle. I should say I’ve been trying to read it. I keep thinking about how it will end. That’s a little Tolle joke. His whole premise is that we need to live in the present. There is no past and there is no future. All there is, is right now. No right now. No right now. As a fat dude I find this thinking hard to believe.
If there was no past, I wouldn’t be walking around with this belly and the all too frequent chub rub. Its hard not to acknowledge the past when you are saddled with all the Brownie Batter Blizzards and Volcano Double Beef Burritos of yester years. How can there be no past when you are physically living with all of your poor decisions?
Another interesting thing about time perspectives is that if you are truly living in the present then you will continue to eat like there is no future. I think the key to weight loss is not to live in the present at all. Delay gratification. That sexy Nanaimo bar is what I need right now. No. Take the time, get up and grab that Granny Smith. A gilf. Easier said than done.
Someone once told my wife “That food will never taste as good as thin feels.” It takes a real paradigm shift to believe that. The food is right now. The thin is in the future. That is why they put all those chocolate bars at the checkout. The delicious is right now. The Drive-Thru. The grease is right now. In a world where instant feedback is king and desires being met are immediate, I fear for future generations. Everything is at their fingertips. Remember when you had to wait for your favourite song to come on the radio or on the TV. Not anymore straight to YouTube. Remember when you had to go the Blockbuster to rent your favourite movie. Not anymore. Remember stumbling upon your Dad’s porn stash. Not anymore. Wondering what your friend is doing in Biology class? Just text them. We as a society need that a paradigm shift. It better happen soon because people are certainly not going to wait for it.
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