How many of your decisions in life are based on “feeling”? When you dig into this question you might just be shocked. Most of the “self help” talk out there tries to take advantage of this being about PMA or “positive mental attitude”. In other words make yourself “feel” like it. It is TRUE that we are wired to act based on emotion. But let's look at a few big decisions and how this is relevant:

• If you don't “feel good” about your husband or wife today, should you file for divorce?

• If you don't “feel good” about your job today, should you quit and just file for unemployment?

• If you don't “feel good” about the way something in your life is going, should you abandon the idea of God loving you?

• If you don't “feel good” a week after a Chiropractic adjustment, should you quit care and let your spine go back to rotting?

CLEARLY you can see that making emotional decisions usually is not good for your long term wellbeing! So why do all the “gurus” preach this as gospel? Because it's EASY and people buy right into it.

The reality is while you SHOULD provide yourself with positive self talk like saying “fantastic” instead of “fine” when asked how you're doing, don't leave your life up to the “feeling of the day”. When it comes to the big decisions in life, COMMITMENT is the only way to make it last. When you're committed to marriage, it doesn't matter how you “feel”. How many marriages are destroyed by people not “feeling” in love? And because you go to church and claim faith in God doesn't say much today either, because the divorce rate is just as high in the church. I love (that's a VERB, not an adjective) my wife every day the same regardless of if I feel like it. I have a GOOD day at work regardless of how many patients “poo poo on my parade”. I give gratitude to GOD as my daily bread regardless of waking up in a slump. And I get my Chiropractic adjustments even if it's out of the way and I feel like just going home. All of this because I've chosen my commitments.

What's the difference between interest and commitment? Interest is temporary. Interest is based on how you feel. Where you “excited” when you started Chiropractic? Is it now a mundane out of the way event? Would you rather save the money and watch that extra 30 minutes of TV? Guess what, so would I sometimes. But I'm not going to let my up and down feelings decide the outcome of my life, my marriage, my health, or my walk with God. How about you?

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