Its Not Me...

Its grim news. 

I was recently diagnosed with a case of the "Me's". 

I have had this case my whole life, and have suffered many chronic side effects such as;

• loss of friends
• alienation of others
• distortion of reality
• headaches

Sadly, if you already suffer from the Mommies* when you get the Me's, your symptoms and pain may be worsened.

*What is Mommies? Simply put it is always putting self last- in terms of fun, exercise, diet and health.  The Mommies is usually brought on by Pregnancy, but in extreme cases can be acquired from a combination Needy Spouseitis and Need to Please Syndrome.  Once acquired, it is recommended the patient focus on symptom management and coping techniques as a cure is not yet known.

As I started to put it all together, I realized how serious my case of the Me's was. 

I had been living with it for many years.  I had been dealing with the side effects thinking that it was Them* or The World* or even Society* that was to blame. Surely not Me.

*Them, The World, and Society, once thought to be "Me" immune boosting, are now known to be toxic and can cause deficiencies in our natural ability to recognize onset of the Me's.

 

But now that I was doing the research, I knew what this disease was and exactly what phrases to look for:

 

What about Me?

Whoa is Me!

Me Time

Are you listening to Me?

We're talking about Me!

 

As I read the list my hope vanished.  I knew I had contracted the worst case of the Me's yet!  These statements and ideas were a part of my everyday life!  

Worse yet, there seemed to be no cure.  All of the treatments to date have been shown extremely ineffective, and often increasing the discomfort and duration of the disease.

Like:

•  talking more about Me with others
•  spending lots of money on Me
•  having friends who reinforced the 'power' of Me to me
•  focusing on self esteem (like I needed to esteem myself anymore!)
•  turning my focus away from others to look closer at Me (they might be sabotaging Me!)
•  and listening only to Me.

All fruitless and often more damaging.

After the realization that I was going to live, and die, with this horrendous disease, I stumbled upon a book that seemed to offer up some answers.  I dove into this book head first, reading for hours at a time, researching words and phrases I didn't understand. 

Then I found it. 

A CURE for the Me's!  It was...

Him.

That's all!  No drugs, no special diets, no new age exercises, no therapy, no amount of money was going to save me.

Just Him.

And it was amazingly simple too..

More Him Equals Less Me.

Not only does He offer me an endless supply of healing, but He offers up preventative measures:

1. Read His book.

2. Talk to Him.

3. Pray with Him.

4. Eat your vegetables.*

*On their own the vegetables are ineffective in combating the Me's, but in conjunction with daily supplements of the Word, Prayers, and Seeking Forgiveness, success rates raise dramatically.

  

The Me's are never far from my thoughts. 

I am forever vulnerable to this disease.  I even exhibit symptoms occasionally.  (more than I'd like to admit)

Thankfully, the Cure is only a prayer away.