Little Voice

"You may not recognise me at first. But trust me, you know me well. I'm the voice that makes you crave that heavenly "Chocolate Indulgence" cake from Secret Recipe and the mocha cream puff, the one with inch thick cream and smooth lemon vanilla custard, sandwiched between light choux pastry with mocha flavoured icing on top, drizzled with chocolate. Do you know who I am now?"

i can just imagine you drooling right now....

"I'm the reason you smoke 20 cigarettes everyday. You try to stop, but we both know that you always cave in and smoke all the more. So why don't you have another one while you're at it? We both know you'll never give up, you like it too much."

This is the voice that most of us have to deal with everyday, the little voice buzzing around in our heads, telling us what to do against our logic. And those of us with less determined willpower actually are lame enough to listen to the voice. Read on :

**whisper whisper**

"Don't worry about that cream puff - you can go to the gym later to work the calories off. Ok, so we both know that Procrastination will come along and you'll put it off until tomorrow....and tomorrow....but don't worry about that now."

"You need a cigarette and one more is not going to kill you (not right now anyway). Even sensible Logic tells you that people get killed just crossing the road. Why not enjoy the moment? Got ya! See, it works everytime!"

you know you want one.

Some of us with more willpower manage to clamp it down for a while, but it doesn't last very long.

Now that you've revealed your true colours, I realise what a fool I've been. I've listened to you all along, all the time unaware of your power over me. Don't try any tricks, I'm going to quit smoking. You cannot control me. I will not eat that last cream puff, even if it has inch thick cream and smooth lemon vanilla custard like you said. You think I'm weak? Well, think again. You're gonna.....

Oh shut up and cut out the crap, will you? Have another cigarette and a cream puff - you know it'll make you feel better, then I won't have to put up with all this self-centred rubbish any more. Enough is enough!

Oh...ok, sorry if I upset you.

*grins* victory!