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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— October 21-November 3, 2015
I
was ordering breakfast
at a local diner; a simple
breakfast: toast and
orange juice. Then came
the question; white, wheat or
sourdough? I didn’t want to
make a choice, I just wanted
toast and orange juice. But, I
sat there a moment wrestling
with my options and said,
”wheat please.”
Choices and decisions are a
way of life. We begin learning
the importance of making the
right choice from a very early
age and the consequences that
follow every choice. As a child,
choices are usually pretty
black and white and teach
us values, ethics, morals and
consequences associated with
each choice. As we grow older,
our experiences cause us to
hesitate in the face of making
a decision. We understand
consequences and often put off
making difficult or undesirable
choices. We know all too well
that procrastination has its
own consequence as well.
So; white, wheat or
sourdough?
Let’s start with white or
wheat. There are two big
differences: how they’re
processed and how healthful
they are. The flour for both
is made from wheat berries,
which have three nutrient-
rich parts: the bran (the
outer layers), the germ (the
innermost area) and the
endosperm (the starchy part
in between). Whole wheat is
processed to include all three
nutritious parts, but white
flour uses only the endosperm,
when put head-to-head with
whole wheat bread, white
is a nutritional lightweight.
Whole wheat is much higher
in fiber, vitamins B6 and E,
magnesium, zinc, folic acid
and chromium.
But of all these
nutritional
goodies, fiber
is the star.
Sourdough
is bread
made from
the natural
occurring yeast
and bacteria
in flour. In
traditional
sourdough recipes, you’ll find
three ingredients: sourdough
starter (flour and water),
salt and flour. There is no
yeast, no milk, no oils and
no sweeteners. It’s about
as natural as you get when
it comes to bread. For the
sake of time and discussion,
sourdough is arguably the
healthiest bread choice.
Our choices have been
narrowed somewhat, wheat or
sourdough. Research bares out
the statement that sourdough
is healthier, and it begins with
how it is made through how it
is digested in our body. That
is as deep as I’m going on the
subject.
One more point, taste.
Ask anyone who has eaten
sourdough and they’ll tell you
that the tang is what makes it
special, if you like ‘the tang’.
Or, if you may prefer other
bread choices based on flavor
alone.
This brings me to my point,
choices are not always made
on what we know, but on how
we feel. Knowing and feeling
may deliver very different
consequences. Therefore, good
choices or decision making
requires us to evaluate the
outcome, or at least potential
outcome, before we make our
choice.
I offer a look at choices and
decision making because the
challenge I want to suggest is
do you resist change because of
the choice or choices you must
make in order to change. To
remain unchanged, is to accept
things as they are. According
to Michael Gerber, author of
The Emyth Contractor, your
business “It’s going to grow
or it’s going to die, the choice
is yours.” Growing means
change and to change requires
choices and in choices we
have freedom to expand and
go in a different direction. A
choice is something I celebrate
every day, well most every
day, because choices are what
defines me, challenges me
and are mine alone. It is the
control I have in all situations
and the hope that where I am
tomorrow will be someplace
different than where I am
today.
The next time you are
presented with a choice or
choices, make a choice and
own it. Celebrate that in
your choice you have an
opportunity to discover,
reaffirm, challenge, change
and grow.
Debra Scifo
ASAC Executive
Director
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Choices
are not
always
made on
what we
know, but
on how
we feel.
