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Another key mental tool that again appears obvious and easy yet is seldom practiced is that of gratitude. In the West we live in a world of abundance, yet most people focus on what they don’t have, as opposed to feeling grateful for what is available to them. In fact, it appears that the more we have the more unfulfilled we feel. If you feel unfulfilled you inevitably feel empty. People try to fill the empty feeling with all sorts of stuff from food to shopping. It’s all about the instant “hit,” the instant fix of fulfillment. The only problem with this is that true fulfillment is rarely achieved this way and an almost permanent feeling of emptiness is experienced.

“The Pleasure of Instant Gratification Is Completely Overshadowed by the Long-term Pain of Regret”

An “attitude of gratitude” will make such a difference to you on this program. It moves you from the “I can’t have” childlike mental tantrum to one of empowerment and fulfillment. As we speak there are people around the world walking 20 miles a day to get water, and over half the world’s population lives on less than 80 cents a day. If you have a roof over your head, food for the next week, pretty good health, and clean running water available to you for washing and drinking, you are in the top 8% of the population of the world. Yet most people complain that they are not in the top 2%. Is this a guilt-trip way of looking at things? NO. Is it a way of saying, “Stop whining and griping”? YES! Is it time for some perspective? Again, YES.

The truth is that we all need perspective and whether I use David Blaine or the millions of people around the world who would give their right arm to be where you are today is unimportant. I only have two objectives in writing this book: to get people to read it and then do it.

You have an opportunity that most in the world can only dream of. For you it’s not even a case of whether the food is available—it’s whether you are going to gripe and suffer from CBBS.

Make Life a “Get to,” Not a “Have to.”

Remember that you don’t HAVE to do this program, you WANT to do it; you have the opportunity to GET to do it. There is a big difference between “having to” and “getting to.” Even when you say it, don’t you just feel different? If you say, “I have to go out tonight,” doesn’t it feel so different from when you say, “I get to go out tonight”?

During the next 7 days you will get the chance to furnish your system with fine liquid nutrition, the chance to clean your body of any toxins and pollution, the chance to get the body you want, to test your character, to grow as a human, to expand your world, to challenge yourself, the chance to take time out from the “I don’t have what I want” feeling-sorry-for-yourself world to one where you can feel grateful.

As corny as it sounds, life isn’t about just getting through—it’s about the journey. The same goes for this program. You don’t just want to “hang in there” for a week. You want to have a life too. You don’t have to stay in like a hermit; there’s nothing stopping you from going out and living during this time. All you are doing is not eating solid food for a week, but it’s not as if you’re not being fed. In fact, you will probably be fed more during this program than you have been in years. After a few days you’ll have more energy and time than you’ve had for ages.

When I first did the 7-day plan I went to lunches, dinners, parties, and even ran half a marathon—it wasn’t hard. Trying to walk with no shoes in blistering heat for many miles with no water in search of food and shelter is hard. You are doing this to change your life and to feel more fulfilled (and slimmer). There is no faster way on earth to feel fulfilled than when you live with an attitude of gratitude.

Your Life Is a Direct Resultof What You Feed Yourself

Your life is shaped by what you feed yourself. I don’t just mean what you feed yourself physically: I’m talking about what you feed yourself audibly, spiritually, and visually.

Food is just one aspect of health, and what gets beamed into your ears and eyes on a daily basis has a much more profound effect on your mental and physical health than you could ever possibly realize.

The biggest influence on our waistlines and health in general (other than food) is something that has taken over many people’s lives almost without their being aware of it. Not only has it taken over their lives, it has become their lives. As physical movement plays a part in this program, and given that the next subject creates more lack of movement than any other, I feel it an extremely important item to include. I can, of course, only be talking about one thing …