The calendar page quote for last Monday has been running through my mind all week. If you don’t have enough, work on getting enough, but when is enough plenty? Why do we most often want more?

In my observations, we have more than enough of almost everything but we never quite seem satisfied – we rarely feel truly fulfilled. Why not?

I hear many people say that they are stressed to the point of exhaustion. I hear reasons why someone didn’t go for a walk, go to the gym, take time out for themselves, exercise in some manner whether doing yoga at home, hiking, stretching, taking the stairs and moving in some way. No one has time. This stress turns to food for comfort and healing. The food that is most often sought after is usually heavy, fatty, sugary, creamy, simple carbohydrate-filled quick energy boosters that leave you feeling more exhausted and sluggish. We also tend to eat more than enough, more than plenty which leads us to feeling like we failed for today; tomorrow is a new day, a chance to redeem ourselves until old habits kick in. Our daily efforts become our burden, leaving us feeling dissatisfied and discouraged – hopeless.

For one day, then two, then a week and so on, I challenge you to stop at plenty. I challenge you to take time for yourself each day, be it 10 minutes or an hour. I challenge you to have just enough feeling you have had plenty and you feel satisfied and fulfilled. I challenge you to experience the feeling of success in your intentions. I challenge you to challenge yourself.

Choose to be healthy, choose happiness over stress, choose just enough, choose mental clarity, good foods, good physical activity, and when you’ve had enough, you should stop.