Wed.Food for Thought!

Foxygrannyjeannie
on 10/18/05 11:56 pm - Colorado Springs, CO

Thank you all for the wonderful responses regarding these daily meditations. It's my privilege to post these daily. October 19, To Abstain Is To Live If we do not abstain from compulsive overeating, we do not live_we merely survive. Without abstinence, joy and creativity fade and we are left with only the effort of getting from one day to the next. We remember the despair of living without the OA program, (our WLS) and we are greatful that we have been given a reprieve from our former misery. Abstaining is what we do each day in order to live the life our Higher Power intends us to have. There are good days and bad days and mediorcre days. As long as we abstain from compulsive overeating, we are able to accept our passing moods and the events of each day with inner serenity. We make progress in our activities and in our understanding. We are alive to the possibilities of each moment. To abstain requires that we choose a longterm satisfaction rather than a short-lived indulgence. To abstain is to walk with our Higher Power in the way He shows us. Thank You for the power to Abstain.

virtly
on 10/19/05 4:10 am - va

RNY on 02/11/04 with

This reminds me of a song, "I've had some good days and I've had some bad days". Let's focus on our good days. I will abstain from a moment of pleasure and settle for long term pleasure, my health and sanity. Thanks Jeanie Raven