For Today: October 29th

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Pearl S. Buck

Discovering one’s own inner resources is a reward of abstinence. Newfound energies and a soaring spirit take up the time and space of what was once compulsive overeating.  Abstinence brings other substitutions: I have courage in place of fear, challenging ideas in place of shallow thought, action instead of wishful thinking and an honest desire to share in place of selfish interests.  The longer I am abstinent, the more experience I acquire in the art of living and the more I am able to give myself and others.

For Today:  Part of my new way of life is looking within for inspiration.

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Part of my problem is not believing I can find inspiration from within.  I tend to think excess food will 'comfort' me but.......no matter how much I eat, I never DO find comfort.

Comfort comes from abstinence, even when I think it doesn't.


Comfort comes from God who guides and directs my life when I do the footwork, which is staying true to my food plan.


Comfort comes from honesty with myself and others.


Comfort comes from doing small acts of kindness for others, which gets me out of my own head.


When I am abstinent, my spirit DOES soar.........and that feeling is foreign, and even a bit frightening at times.


For today, I will work PAST the fear and ALLOW my spirit to soar.