THINK BEFORE YOU LOOK

"Researchers in the famed Stanford University 'marshmallow study,' offered hungry four-year-olds a marshmallow, but told them if they could wait for the experiment to return after running an errand, they could have two marshmallows. As expected, some followed their impulses and
gobbled the marshmallow right away when the facilitator departed. Others waited a few minutes while some delayed gratification until the researcher returned fifteen or twenty minutes later.

Years later when the children graduated from high school, Stanford researchers we still evaluating them, The differences were dramatic. The resisters were more positive, self-motivated, and persistent in the face of difficulties because they were able to delay gratification in pursuit of their goals. They had the habits of successful people which resulted in more successful marriages, higher incomes, greater career satisfaction, better health, and more fulfilling lives than most of the population.

Those who submitted to the enticement of the marshmallows earlier were more troubled, stubborn and indecisive, mistrustful and less self-confident. They still could not put off gratification. They had trouble subordinating immediate impulses to achieve long-range goals.
When it was time to study for the big test, they tended to get distracted into doing activities that brought instant gratification. This impulse followed them throughout their lives and resulted in
unsuccessful marriages, low job satisfaction and income, bad health. and frustrating lives.

Every time you see a nude image, or are tempted to fantasize over an attractive woman, think "marshmallows!" The power to make disciplined choices will turn into useful restraint for daily living in many other areas of your journey." from THINK BEFORE YOU LOOK by Dennis Henderson Living Ink Books

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one
receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all
things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an
imperishable crown.

Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I
fight: not as one who beats the air.

But I discipline my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become
disqualified." 1 Corinthians 9:24-27