Freedom of (from?) Bad Choices

Looking back, we see that our freedom to choose badly was not, after all, a very real freedom. ~ Bill W.

I have the right to eat trash,
to ignore medical advice,
to put chemicals and poisons in me,
to disobey all kinds of good advice.
I even have the right to violate laws,
but all of these come with consequences
that in my "right-full" thinking seem unfair.
I had the right this morning to eat different food,
to ignore the long-standing practice,
the foods my body expects. I could have.
I might have had other food acceptable,
blending with my food plan, seeming adventurous.
I could have. I could have yesterday but feared
starting a pattern for the day leading to yielding
at the lunch buffet, so I chose routine.
I could have this morning, but foods
that beckoned yesterday had no pull today.
I could think of nothing I could have I wanted more
than my comfortable, appropriate meal.
And that choice was good. For today.
Tomorrow I can choose again —
and live with the consequences.