I started tracking what I eat every day with a fancy nutrition app.
And while this reflection is not about my personal health and fitness journey, I am continually amazed at the parallels between having a healthy body and a healthy soul—and the lessons that we can take from one to the other.
In this particular instance, the lesson that I have found is that little actions add up.
Specifically, for nutrition. Before I started tracking, I would eat pretty healthy. However, looking back, I notice now how often I’d graze: a couple of cashews here, a few pretzels there, extra bites after dinner, a little snack before bed.
I was underestimating how many times throughout the day I would just have a little nibble of something. And those nibbles add up to be enough to throw you off of your health goals.
You can be eating too much, but don’t think you are.
Now, the parallel for our faith is that we allow little concessions (pun intended).
We let little things slide, thinking that they’re not a big deal.
A little gossip. A little white lie. A little impatience. A little resentment that we don’t let go of. A little compromise here. A little corner cut there.
None of them feel like a big deal in the moment.
But over time, those small bad habits compound.
In the same way that small good habits do.
The question for us is: Which ones do we want to be building and developing?
Let us pray.
Lord, help us cut out the little bad habits that are compounding against us and build the little good habits that compound toward You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
