Food for Thought for Over Eaters Anonymous

[MajestyJo]

September 24

Food For Thought

Accepting Where We Are

Wherever we are when we come to this program is where we begin. Some of us have further to go along the road to self-actualization than others. No one of us ever arrives in this life. There is always more work to be done.

Believing that our Higher Power has a plan for each of us, we accept the place where He has put us right now. We do not expect to stay in this place, but it is a necessary part of our growth and development. We cannot move on until we understand where we are now and how we got here.

Our Fourth Step inventory gives us an opportunity to examine past actions, which have led to our current situation. We may not like what we discover, but an honest appraisal of our weaknesses and faults as well as our strengths is preparation for constructive change. Accepting where we are frees us from morbid obsession with the past and enables us to move on into the future.

May I accept where I am as the best place for me to be today.

Was sharing with a person yesterday about how life comes full circle and in that circle are many other circles. Each lesson is a circle, and we often need to determine where we are on that circle. Are we just beginning, finished healing childhood hurts and old tapes, are we learning to walk our talk, or are we ready to share our new found knowledge with others.