Food for Thought: May 29th

Quality, Not Quantity

We tend to be overly impressed with quantity. How much does it cost? How many friends do I have? How much can I include in my food plan? In a materialistic society, more is synonymous with better.

Before we found OA, we were eating more and enjoying it less. In fact, the more we ate, the more unhappy we became. Greater quantity did not bring better health or a better quality of life.

In this program, we are learning to place quality before quantity. We discover that smaller amounts of nourishing, high quality foods are more satisfying and make us feel better than vast quantities of empty calories. We become more selective about the way we spend our time, choosing the activities and companions that most enrich our lives, rather than trying to do everything and be everything to everybody. We realize more each day that the quality of our spiritual life is what gives us the inner satisfaction, which we sought but failed to find in quantities of things.

Show me how to live well.

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More is not necessarily better.  Whilst in the throes of my disease, I was eating vast quantities of empty calories and still not feeling satisfied.  In fact, the more I ate, the more I wanted to eat.  It was a vicious cycle......stuffing myself to fill a void, but never feeling full.  Eventually, I discovered that no amount of food on earth is 'enough' to fill  a spiritually impoverished soul.

Nowadays, I feel more satisfied from a moderately sized, healthy meal than I once did from a calorie-packed, large size meal.  I no longer feel the need to consume vast amounts of junk food; a grapefruit or half a cantaloupe is delicious and filling, with no guilt to suffer afterwards.

For today, may I continue to place quality before quantity.  May I seek my 'fullness' from God & my spirit rather than from a plate of food.

For today, I choose to live well & to treat my body like a treasure rather than a garbage can.