2. Prologue: The Narrow Gate

“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” - Matthew 7:13-14 I am about to reveal to you the road to optimal health. It is not “quick and easy.” It is not simple. It is actually quite the opposite. I know, full well, that what I will ask of you in the forthcoming chapters will be, without a doubt, the hardest thing you will ever do in your life. It is your greatest journey. Does that scare you? I hope it does. You see, no one has ever achieved anything great by walking a nicely paved, well lit path of certainty. All of the great achievers throughout history have elevated to their station in life by standing nose-to-nose with the gremlins of this world, fear, doubt and procrastination, and pressing on anyway. You’re scared? Good! You don’t know if you can do it? Good! You’re uncertain if this will actually take you where you want to go? Good! Now you can become great. In the pages ahead, when fear, doubt and procrastination find you as they inevitably will, I ask that you press on anyway, “for the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”