Lifestyle
by Sarah-Jo Huber
Is your but getting in the way of things lately? Perhaps your but is too big for you…. Put away your tape measure ladies and gents. You can’t measure things of this magnitude that way. No, the scales in the fresh fruit and vegetable department at Coles will be of no use either. Or for that matter, the bathroom scales… Step away from the scales…
You’re a bright, fun, creative and ingenious young person with the world at your feet. You’ve seen the ads alerting you to the fantastic possibilities that your new Lynx/Impulse deodorant could open up (apparently it’s ok to mix Lynx with Lynx, but might I suggest you save the mixing Lynx and Impulse for deodorant fights with your brother/sisters/significant others?), and your Mum and Dad have told you that you can do anything you set your mind too. Your lecturers want to see you succeed, your friends believe in you, and Jesus loves you too. Unfortunately though, all of this may not be enough. Something may be holding you back. Let’s just be honest: too many of you have big buts.
Your but is that lazy part of you that cushions you in a state of comfort, allowing you to escape exerting effort, giving you an excuse not to move from your comfy position on the couch of ‘normality’ and safety.
By now you may have realise that no, I have not made a stupid spelling error or typo. (I’m happy to admit that I’ve never been quite cool enough to be able to be able to type words “lyke dis” and not come across as a complete tool/cretin/retard.)
What I’m talking about is the tendency we have to manufacture big ‘buts’ to get out of things that might jostle us from our comfort zone, or require some sort of step of faith. Symptoms of ‘big but syndrome’ include rejecting opportunities, making constant excuses, continual procrastination, and failing to exercise faith in our own abilities/the goodness of humanity/ the ‘God factor’ to pull us over the line in a particular scenario.
It is important to be a critical thinker and evaluate situations, weighing up pros and cons. Having said that, don’t let the size of your “but” stop you from dipping a toe into the seas of life so that the waters can be parted for you to stride across!
PS: According to researchers at Oxford University, big butts protect against heart and metabolic problems. There’s hope yet!