You probably know
people who dislike certain foods. Maybe they avoid eating sweets or meats. We
have a young person in our family who shies away from vegetables. When a certain
someone lingered at the dinner table long after everyone else had gone, l
wasn’t too surprised to hear, “Is it wrong to put corn in my pocket?” I think
we can all agree that it’s not a good thing. We’ve all tried to avoid
something by hiding it. The reality is that hiding doesn’t make the situation go
away. Consider this question:
http://youtu.be/WEhNME4zwBE
Every day we allow
various activities to keep us busy—work, hobbies, eating, exercising, social media,
meeting with friends, listening to music, watching TV, surfing the web. Any one
of those activities can be good or bad, but how many of them are helping us to
hide from issues in life? Pause for a moment. Settle yourself with a deep
breath. Is there an issue that you’ve been hiding or avoiding that needs your
attention? It’s not a good thing to keep pushing it aside. So, what is a better
way to deal with it?
