Food For Thought: April 24th

Hungry or Bored?

When we ate compulsively, we often interpreted boredom to be hunger. When there seemed to be nothing else to do, we could always eat! Unstructured time may have made us anxious; we thought we could fill up with food and allay our anxieties.

To be egotistical and self-centered is to be bored. If we are always the center of our awareness, we will soon tire of ourselves, since none of us is all that fascinating. In order to escape boredom, we need to turn our attention outward and focus on something besides self.

When we give our lives to our Higher Power, we are making a commitment of service. We are asking that His will be done and that He use us as He sees fit. By relieving us of our obsession, God frees us from slavery to our appetites. If we are to remain free, we need to serve Him instead of ourselves. Day by day, He shows us our tasks and as we become absorbed in them, we lose our boredom along with our false hunger.

May I know the true nourishment of doing Your will.

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 I've always been a big boredom eater............I have trouble with down time, and feeling antsy.  For years I tried filling up THAT void, too, with excess food.  


All it got me was fat & miserable.


I am not the center of the universe and the world does not revolve around me.  If I am bored, I either sit through my feelings or find something to occupy my time.  I can give OF myself to someone else, for instance, and that's when thoughts of overeating leave me.


There is no nourishment in over-feeding myself, and little to no relief from anxiety.  The temporary relief I may feel is followed by self-loathing and despair.


For today, I pray to realize that a bit of hunger will not kill me, but my disease can and will.  For today, may I not fall prey to false hunger of any kind.