For Today: December 9th

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Jean Jacques Rousseau

To paraphrase a well-known saying, I have met wisdom and I have met kindness: kindness is better.

Wisdom is profound and we are impressed by it, but kindness is both profound and simple.  It warms the soul long after it is experienced.  Kindness is at the very heart of what it means to be human.

If we are not kind to one another in Overeaters Anonymous, where, then, can we expect kindness?  Whether we are abstaining and working the program to the best of our ability, or we are not, we belong in OA and have a right to be treated with kindness.

For Today:  Kindness to myself and others is a hallmark of recovery.

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Abstinence has enabled me to be kind to myself, which, in turn, enables me to be kind to others.  If my eating is out of control, I am unable and unwilling to feel kindness towards anyone, including myself.

One of the things I love most about the fellowship IS the fact that we're kind to one another, regardless of whether we're working our programs or not.  If we are struggling, a kind word goes a whole lot further than an unkind word.  We encourage our fellow OAs to have trust and faith.........to believe in themselves and their Higher Power. 

With faith and kindness, we can move mountains.  We can turn ourselves around and start again today if yesterday was full of mistakes.  We find recovery in these rooms, with lots of support and love, one day at a time.