For Today: May 28^th

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The way I plan for the future today is different from the way dictated by my compulsive overeater thinking. In those days I had things backward. I incessantly planned the outcome, but I was paralyzed when it came to taking the action. Today I am willing to do the footwork. I ask God for the courage to look for and accept my defects and the willingness to ask for their removal.

That is my task as far as my future is concerned. I change myself in order to live at peace with whatever the future brings, not to decide what the future will be.

For Today: As wishful thinking and daydreaming become less frequent, I know I am recovering.

Wishful thinking & daydreaming was my favorite hobby when I was compulsively overeating. WHY couldn’t things be the way I wanted them to be? WHY couldn’t my friends & family be perfect?  In my fantasy world, everything would be perfect! Yay!

Reality was never comparable to my fantasy-life. In reality, I had to stick to a food plan to lose weight.
In my fantasy land, I could eat whatever I wanted & feel sorry for myself that I ‘couldn’t’ lose weight.

I COULD lose weight, I just chose to ignore the facts of what I needed to DO to lose weight.

My life was based in denial.

Only truth & reality allow me to live a peaceful and serene lifestyle.

Yesterday is gone & tomorrow isn’t here yet. So, for today, I will live in the moment & appreciate IT for what it is. I will not project MY fantasies into the day in an effort to turn it into something it wasn’t meant to BE.

Happiness isn't getting what you want but wanting what you have.

I have faith that God will give me all I need today; perhaps not all I want, if my desires are too lavish. If I keep my lifestyle simple, God is guaranteed to grant my every wish!