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Inner Harvest 2/5
Topic Started: Feb 5 2005, 03:50 AM (43 Views)
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Inner Harvest"
Hazelden Meditation Series

Sharing decreases our pain and increases our joy.

Overeating was lonely. So was compulsive dieting. We tried to find in food
what we were afraid to ask for from other people. Or we tried to make
ourselves "perfectly thin" so that others would accept and admire us.

We don't have to do either of these things anymore. We can reach out to
other people. We can share our pain and our joy instead of keeping them
locked inside. Friends make us feel better than food ever did. We learn that
we have much to give and that we can be loved and accepted according to how
well we give of ourselves, not for how much we weigh.

Burdens shared become lighter. Joys shared are multiplied. When we are
willing to risk disclosure to another person, the rewards can be great. Our
Higher Power does not intend us to be alone. Each day brings new
opportunities to strengthen and deepen our links to those around us.

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Today, I will risk sharing a part of myself with someone else. I will not
hide in food or diets.

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