Sept Oct 2017 Plus Size Wellness Mag

Once this secret is no longer hidden,
everything changes. You see with
sudden clarity that all kinds of things
aren’t fulfilling. Some are distractions,
like having a martini at five o’clock or
getting hooked on video games. Some
are obstacles, like ignoring your
negative feelings and letting them
fester. It feels good to think you have
no issues with anger, fear, guilt, and
shame, but your body can’t be fooled. It
feels everything you try so desperately
to avoid.
I had no deeper wish than to show
others the way out. Years of sending
away patients who felt discouraged
and frustrated needed to be turned
around. For people who struggle with
their weight, the body they see in the
mirror is a mask. Behind it lies bad
habits, distorted beliefs, low
expectations, and every variety of
discouragement. The cruelest form
of starvation is to tie someone up
and put a banquet before them,
inches out of reach. Fulfillment is
such a banquet, and for countless
people it is being held out of reach.
They are starved for fulfillment and
don’t know why they can’t reach it..
Reprinted from What Are You
Hungry For? Copyright © 2013 by
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra, M.D. is a bestselling
author, physician, and
founder of the Chopra Center for
Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California.
www.chopra.com