The habits and foods of highly unsuccessful people

I was thinking about bad luck yesterday; how some people have lots of it and others almost never seem to have it.

I started thinking about the things that make my life difficult, the things that seemingly have nothing to do with me, but are just bad luck.

Then a scary thing happened.  I stepped back and took a long eagle's eye view of these things and realized that most of this "bad luck" is stuff I really could have avoided.

I was born with health problems, most of us have Achilles heels,  and knowing that, there are certain things I must do if I want to feel as good as  possible.  Sometimes it seems unfair and hard, but it is what it is.  If I smoke, or overeat, or exercise too much, or not enough I have lots more "bad luck" than I do otherwise.  My health is directly related to the choices I make.

The food I eat is all my body has to keep it going.  I wouldn't eat rat poison, so why would I poison myself with other food just because it tastes good?  I wouldn't expect my dog to stay up all night and then be in tip top condition to go hunting the next morning.  I know he would miss lots of little details and maybe even hurt himself because he was tired and distracted.

The habits and foods of highly unsuccessful people, lie in front of traps laid by advertisers that promise health, wealth, and beauty if I only follow suit.  The truth is: I can avoid the traps and much of the "bad luck" if I only make better choices.

I will never really find that perfect routine, the one that my life needs in order to run efficiently and painlessly, the one that keeps me perfectly alert, but the closer I get, the less "bad luck" I am likely to have.