Someone has said that God is simple; it is we who cause the complications. The more we are able to simplify our lives, the more effective we become. ~ L., Elisabeth. Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters (Hazelden Meditations Book […]
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Oh Blessed Simplicity
…Jan Hus, a fourteenth-century religious reformer in Czechoslovakia. As Hus was being burned at the stake for heresy, his last words were, “Oh blessed simplicity.” ….The simplicity of addiction is not to do the next addictive behavior. The simplicity of […]
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Years and years of eating for comfort, in rebellion, as a reward, for no reason other than the trigger tripped so eating goes on, inertia-driven. Then a simple plan, people who know you on first introduction, your doppelgängers. Eating gains sanity, […]
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The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you’ve discovered—and then, just relax and trust that […]
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They’re simple, not easy. Twelve steps, Eleven hundred forty-five characters, Two hundred one of those spaces. “Awakening, principles, meditation, overeaters, and unmanageable” the only words with four or more syllables, thirty-two two-letter words, Memorize the steps in a day, work through them in a few […]
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