[b]For Today[/b] Discussion

[MaryMary]

"Will cannot be quenched against its will." by Dante Alighieri

Willingness. There is no other key to this program. To receive the gift of abstinence I need to be one hundred percent will.

"But I am willing," I said many a time. "Haven't I suffered through all those diets? I definitely want to be thin; I hate being fat."

Alas, it is not enough to want to be rid of the unpleasant side effects of my illness. I need to be willing to give up that which attracts me in the first place: the gratification, sedation or whatever other payoff I get for practicing my compulsion.

For Today: I surrender everything that compulsive overeating means to me, trusting God to put something incomparably better in its place.

For me, to be willing is something I struggle with in nearly every aspect of my life. To be willing to follow the rules of life, to be willing to clean my house, to be willing to look for a job. Just for Today, I turn these things over to the care of my Higher Power to lead me.

Have a great day everyone.

[doodles]

Good morning. I'm going to reflect on this and do my best.

[trishthedish]

thank you mary..... today i will think about what 'being willing' means to me. i feel willing to admit my problems and willing to change my behaviors to support personal growth. after all, what is the alternative?

i am having a lot of thoughts lately on how to define my higher power. i feel like its actually 'within' me.... even though i need to surrender to it, its as though i am surrendering to my own soul. the soul that came with this body at birth and remains untainted by the events that occured in my life. its not actually 'me', but its my deepest being. its the being that exists when my body is gone. now i am rambling... sorry.

thank you again mary... i am 'willing' to reflect on this today
tricia

[doodles]

I'm going to my first OA meeting in about an hour. I'm really nervous.

[trishthedish]

doodles

lemme know how it goes......
tricia

[doodles]

Thanks for the hugs, tricia. The meeting was good and I'm glad that I went. I need to take time to read the literature now. I'm sure that I'll be going back.

[zay]

Thanks Mary for this post. I really never thought too much about how I have not been willing to do certain things. I just thought that things just happen. That they are problems that I have and they are out of my hands. But.... I now realize that I must be willing to take the first and appropriate steps to fix my problems. Today I am *willing* to speak to my family in the right tone of voice so we can have a better relationship and I can be the loving, calm mother and wife that I want to be.
It is up to me to be "willing" to do this. It is not something that just happens.

[CaroleKI61]

So helpful