Life can be so uncomplicated if only we can eliminate the unnecessary from our menus and from our lives.
The payment for our indiscretions is rapid and sure and of such nature as should discourage further acts of the same kind, but, strangely enough, it does not always suffice.
When we overeat or use alcoholic beverages or smoke to excess or any other form of over-indulgence, Nature takes care to show us that we must not put too great a load upon her. We become nauseous, filled with gas, bloated, et cetera. Our sewage system, wonderful as it is, is overtaxed and so we suffer.
If we cannot overcome the self-indulgent practices that bring about such distress, then we must be willing, indeed we must expect, to suffer the consequences. No matter in what department of life this occurs, its result is always the same. When we eat the natural pure foods, not those loaded with fats and artificial sweetness, then we keep in good health, our minds work better and we are better able to cope with whatever comes along.
Our purpose in eating is not only pleasure and gratifying our appetites, but also to supply our bodies with the necessary building blocks to repair and keep in good condition the temple in which we live our earthly lives. This is not difficult unless we make it so. Our needs are not great, but so much of artificial food stimulants and appetizers are used, it is utterly impossible to escape from the effects of such eating and drinking. Think before you fill your stomach with an over-abundance of heavy rich foods -- foods never necessary, but clogging in their effects on the body functions.
Illness is often invited by such tactics, so we must be careful and use discretion in all we do, and we will find the simple pleasures are really the best. Life can be so uncomplicated if only we can eliminate the unnecessary from our menus and from our lives.
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