Who are you to say I don’t belong here? I have as much right, I’m sure, to be here, to live, to walk, to strut should it please me, or dance to the music in my head… I need not […]
Continue reading »Enough to Work
When I have the willingness to admit I don’t have the willingness, that’s when my program works. ~ Jim H Change begins with honesty. As we work the fourth step, we develop a new ability to see our own dishonesty […]
Continue reading »Knock, Knock
You say knock and you’ll answer. Why does that scare me? I’m told I’ll find what I seek, ask and I’ll get it. But can you promise I’ll want then what I think I want now? It’s the door between […]
Continue reading »Not Unnatural!
The fact entirely escaped me that a heart could be in such a condition that praise and rejoicing would be as natural as breathing; that the cause of joy rested not in any thing external, but in some fixed inward […]
Continue reading »Saying vs. Being
What is the difference between saying I’m entirely ready and being entirely ready? (The Twelve-Step Workbook of Overeaters Anonymous, page 39) Saying is a head thing. Being is a heart thing. Saying means I’m in control, I’ve made the decision, this […]
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