Satisfaction Comes from Inside
Why do we continually expect to be satisfied by taking in and possessing things from the outside? Amassing material goods and possessions more often than not stimulates rather than satisfies our appetite. What we do and contribute satisfies us more than what we have and consume.
When we are at peace within ourselves and in contact with our Higher Power, we make fewer demands on the outside world. When we are able to use our abilities in productive work and can give of our emotional and spiritual strength to other people, we feel replete.
Nothing from the outside can bring us happiness if we are at war with ourselves. Chronic dissatisfaction indicates that we have not turned our will and our lives over to God's care, but are still trying to run the show egotistically. Complete surrender opens the way to satisfaction.
I want to surrender to the inner needs of my spirit.
From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L.
©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.Why do we continually expect to be satisfied by taking in and possessing things from the outside? Amassing material goods and possessions more often than not stimulates rather than satisfies our appetite. What we do and contribute satisfies us more than what we have and consume.
When we are at peace within ourselves and in contact with our Higher Power, we make fewer demands on the outside world. When we are able to use our abilities in productive work and can give of our emotional and spiritual strength to other people, we feel replete.
Nothing from the outside can bring us happiness if we are at war with ourselves. Chronic dissatisfaction indicates that we have not turned our will and our lives over to God's care, but are still trying to run the show egotistically. Complete surrender opens the way to satisfaction.
I want to surrender to the inner needs of my spirit.
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No matter how much I eat or drink, it's never enough. Material possessions cannot bring me satisfaction or inner peace, either. The more I look for satisfaction from the outside, the less I find.
When I give back is when I do feel complete. When I surrender my will and my life to God is when I reap the benefits of inner peace.
Being at war with myself for 40 years, and hating my body kept me separated from humanity, separated from my Self, and insisting that my dissatisfaction was due to circumstances beyond MY control. It was someone else's fault that I was unhappy.
Allowing my ego to stay in charge brings me unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Until and unless I surrender, I stay trapped in my body and mind, refusing to embrace my inner Spirit.
For today, I will allow God to run the show. I will put my ego in storage and rely on my food plan to keep me abstinent and at peace with myself and the Universe.
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