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There’s that moment in which you do the wrong thing because it feels good. And then there are all the moments afterwards when you remember what you did. Yuck.

There’s that moment in which you do the right thing, even though it hurts. And then there are all the moments afterwards when you benefit from what you did. Much better.

Do the right thing. Even if it hurts. Feel better afterwards.

You know what the right thing is. Don’t try to convince either of us otherwise. This is not a debate about how to identify the right thing. We’re past that. This is about dominance.

Your feelings can scare you. Just don’t let them stop you.

This is about ranting and cursing while you exercise, if that’s what it takes to make it to the shower and the do-right smugness. The smugness is what you’ll remember tomorrow. It’ll take some of the fire out of the cursing when you exercise again. As the smugness accumulates, the feelings will get with the program.

To eliminate negative feelings, act in spite of them. Get smug.

{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }

Flickr photo: I’ll take endless showers, by lepiaf.geo.

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