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THEE QUEST is fortunate to have guest authors in it’s midst. Here is an article by Mr. Chris Stubbs a very dear friend of the THEE QUEST family.

People do not struggle with weight issues. Obesity is not a disposition we are born with, and not something we fall victim to because of society.

Being overweight is not a condition to overcome, it is a symptom.

It is the reality of the thinking that creates it. If you attack the symptom of being overweight, that symptom will fight back. The roots of the thinking that causes people to be overweight is what should be sought out and destroyed, should a person choose a long, happy life for their children.

First, by taking on any challenge you must understand that every symptom you face has been created by you in some form or fashion. By simply witnessing anything, and calling it a problem, we must be able to identify with that problem in some way. This means, that in some form the very problems that surround us must be the result of thinking that already inhabit the way we look at the world.

Second, to truly help anyone you must ALWAYS identify with the solution not the problem. The solution must become a way of life. Children do not become overweight because their parents encourage and display healthy thinking and activity. Children become unhealthy because their parents are unhealthy in some way. Does this mean that their behaviors can’t be the result of some outside influence? Certainly not, children can pick up all kinds of junk, if they do not see some stronger good to aspire to. If you are not a beacon strength and hope, they will take on anything they are exposed to.

Third, different symptoms can come from the same problem. Someone that escapes into exercise to supplement their low self-esteem can easily raise children that escape into food and video games to supplement their low self esteem.

• What’s more important than what you do is why you do it. If moderation and preservation are at the heart of a tradition, then those values will give way to behaviors and habits that support them.
• If you find yourself without the tools or creativeness to help your child through life it is because you do not have the principals to create that life.

Last, to begin living in principals we have to follow a source of those principals. It is just as important for you to have a role model, as it is for your children.

Open yourself up and let someone change you – preferably someone who has what you want, and what you want for your children. You will begin to see that the painful circumstances of the past where only the result of ignorance, and with a little perseverance you can come to know those ways to create Joy in your life.