It's not the one night of "off the program" activity that brings about our demise, but how we handle having had it happen, right? Your approach is the best one.

It's very easy to fall into the doldrums when it comes to giving something up. A splurge is kinda like the forestry's controlled burn. Just have to make sure it doesn't get out of control and start a wildfire.

Speaking of giving stuff up, did anyone see Survivor last night? Shane gave up smoking 3 packs a day when he landed on the island. I can't imagine how he's doing it.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.