A MAN OR A MOUSE??

Lately I have been catching mice. There are empty lots on either side of me and with the old furnace being removed and the cooler weather approaching, this is bound to happen. So I have been forced to set traps to free my house of any possible rodent invasion.

Last night one little mouse was caught in a trap while trying to remove the peanut butter I had used as bait. I started thinking.....food caused its death. At first I thought how primal and stupid this was. But eating is a must if one is to survive, whether it be a man or a mouse. But alas, man is not as gullible as a mouse is reaching for that dab of peanut butter. Man would never be stupid enough to risk his life in such a manner.

Think again!!! But that is exactly what man does and is doing at an alarming rate in today's age. Oh, man is not reaching his hand up inside a rigged trap to scoop out a miter of food. Man is reaching out into more long-term traps that will be sure to kill him.

Think about all the people you know. Then think about all the people in that group who are falling prey to the food trap. We turn to food for more than survival..............we all over indulge. Sit and watch people go by and about 99% of them are overweight. We are trapped.....high cholestrol, obesity, diabetes are only part of how the trap snaps down on us and kills us. Food is enticing us to our deaths, just as the peanut butter is enticing the little mice in my house to their deaths in a trap.

So the saying "Are you a man or a mouse?" might have a different meaning than what it was originally meant......"are you a man or a coward?" In reality, man is no different that a mouse that falls for the trap of food. But man has a choice. Survival does not mean making the wrong choices when it comes to our health and our food choices. Survival does not mean having to risk your life to eat, as it does a little mouse. Wise food choices, moderation, and will power separate us from that little bitty gray mouse heading for that peanut butter that is enticing him to his death. So the question posed here is "Are you a man or a mouse?"

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