There’s a reason the supermarket places the bakery near the entrance to the store. If you’re not hungry when you walk in the store, thirty seconds later your brain sends a message, “I’m really hungry, feed me.” It takes self discipline to walk past the bakery and forgo the samples they have waiting for you. Once you take a sample they got you. That’s how it is in life. There are lots of things grabbing for our attention. They fight and claw with each other over us. We are the prize. When we have a set of foundational values we are more ready to resist the temptations they toss at us. What are your foundational values in terms of spirituality, emotions, health, relationships, and family? If you can’t think of any, it may be a good time to reflect on what you value.