1-1-1 Just one second

I just noticed my quit meter - well,Herbal cigarettes, not really. I ALWAYS notice my quit meter. I love my quit meter. I mean seriously LOVE my quit meter. I may even have issues on account of my quit meter.... but that's not the point of this post.What I noticed is 1-1-1. One month. One week. One day. And I did it one second at a time. ONE. Just one.Some were easy. Some were hard. But I live each and every one just ONE second at a time. I'm happy for each "easy" one. And for each hard one? Well I just take it one second at a time. I make it through one second, so I know I'm strong enough to make it through the next second. And each second I make it through, I'm one second stronger.I used to run. Five miles every single day. I ran the Army Ten Miler in Washington DC. And I remember training for it. I set milestones for myself. Each day I would meet the milestone, and then run just a few feet past that milestone. I'd tell myself, "You can make it to that milestone." And then when I got there I would say "You made it that far, you can do just a few steps more". And I did. Every single time. Not because I had some super power strength - but because I KNEW I could do it.When I ran the Army 10 Miler, I was SO tired the last mile of it. I just wanted to quit. But two things kept me running. 1) My husband was waiting at the finish line, and he was expecting to see me RUNNING across that finish line and 2) I caught up with a man who was about to give up. As I got beside him I heard him say "I can not do this". I grabbed his arm and started pulling him toward the finish line. I said to him "You have run over 9 miles. You are NOT going to quit now. You CAN do this. WE are going to do this." He yanked away from my arm and ran his butt right over that finish line. And then,stop smoking now, when it was all over and my husband was hugging me he came over to us, grabbed me in a bear hug and said "Thank you. I was ready to quit. I didn't think I could do it. But YOU told me I could. And I did. I thank for not letting me give up on myself."One month. One week. One day. One second at a time.Stay close to this board. You can do this. And when you feel like giving in? We'll help pull you across that finish line. You are SO doing this. One second at a time.1-1-1. If I were the gambling type I'd play that in the lottery. It's a winner for sure!