Everything Is To Blame?
Today’s thought is about the importance of common sense. I truly believe that 99% of the “news” out there is, at best, suspect, and at worst, crap. Here’s a great example: I came across an article today, entitled “Living on the wrong street could be making you fat.” And I thought, OK, that’s it! So, I did a quick Google search and found 645,000 results for “make you fat“. Here are a few of my favorites. I’ve included the links in case you want to explore some of these astonishing claims:
• Having a fat friend could make YOU overweight as well
• Credit cards can make you fat
• How Your Skeleton Can Make You Fat
• Warning - theme parks make you fat
• Too much exercise can make you fat
Now, I know you don’t really believe any of these claims are true. They may have some bits of truth in them, but they are not true. And yet, they make it easier, don’t they? They remove responsibility and create opportunity to NOT make change, to NOT use your head, And to NOT take responsibility. After all, you’re not going to give up your friends, or move your home to lose weight, or stop using computers, or credit cards, to lose weight. You might skip a theme park visit or two, if you go at all, but I doubt you’ll wake up the next day, look at your scale and see you’ve lost weight. And I certainly hope you’re not going to stop exercising to lose weight!
So, there you have it. Ignore the headlines. Use your common sense. And maybe, make a few headlines of your own!