Food For Thought-daily meditations 9-25

[Pony]

Don't Hang On


As long as we are alive, we will experience times of joy and times of sadness. Trying to hang on to the periods of elation and avoid the inevitable depression which wach of us feels from time to time causes us to seek artificial stimulation. Using food to try to stay on cloud none did not work, and neither does anthing else.

By turning over our lives, we become willing to let go and move through the periods of joy and sadness as we come to them. Trying to hang on arrests our progress. Nothing is certain in this life except change, and when we stop overeating we are better able to deal with the variations in our feelings and circumstances.

Whatever our currant mood or situation, we can remain abstinent. Abstinence gives our lives stability and order, in spite of changes. Being centered in the Power greater than ourselves keeps us from being overly affected by either elation or depression.

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By focusing on You, May I move calmly through the times of joy and the times of sadness.