For Today: June 8th

For Today:   June 8^th

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Charles F. Kettering

Am I satisfied to be the way I am? I used to think the answer was No, but then why did I go right on being the way I always was, resisting change?  To my compulsive overeater way of thinking, my opinions seemed to be truth and I never dreamed of changing them.

But something happened. I found OA and was encouraged to have an open mind about some things. I did as I was told, and it brought me the gift of abstinence and an awakening to the presence of a Power greater than myself. The frontier I see before me today is limitless.

For Today: My first priority is keeping my mind open to know God’s will for me.

It would have been a lot easier to stay where I was than to do all the hard work it took to change.  No, I wasn’t satisfied with who I was and I did resist change. I thought my ideas were correct and unchangeable. As long as I kept that attitude alive, I killed off any chance I had to change & improve myself.

In order to find recovery, I had to give up everything I knew & thought. I had to embrace a whole new way of thinking so I could clean out the cob-webs that cluttered up my mind. Negative thinking, judgmental thoughts, self-pity and know-it-all-ism will keep compulsive overeating alive & well.

OA is a program of action. I have to get busy doing & then find my thoughts to be changing in the process.

Finding my lost spirituality has helped me immensely, in every aspect of my life. When I let go & let God is when I can keep my mind open & receptive instead of closed off & rigid.

For today, I am grateful to say I am satisfied to be the way I am!  While I plan to continue growing in the program, I can honestly say that today, right now, life is grand!