Finding beauty in myself and others.
April 23, 2012
Updates on my food recovery!
-I can no longer go on pinterest because there are way too many desserts on there...
-I saw a king size Kit Kat wrapper in my garbage (presumably one of my roommates demolished it...unless there's a ghost here that likes to eat candy bars) and I had a visible reaction to seeing it. It was so weird. I like started hyperventilating. Haha. Didn't expect that to happen.
-Weekends are harder than week days. All I thought about were my favorite binge foods.
-I did something that caused me to lose the Spirit. It was A LOT harder to make it through that day. But I am so grateful for the sacrament. I felt the spirit immediately upon eating the piece of bread, and again several times throughout the day on Sunday. Especially when singing the hymn "Our Savior's Love". It was just a great reminder of how much the Lord actually is helping me to be strong in overcoming this addiction.
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I admire you tremendously for what you're doing, Mary. Not everyone has the strength to admit their weaknesses, much less do something about it.
I've been thinking about you a lot this last week or so as I've been pondering a few things that I struggle with. As I was walking home from Institute today, I was retaught something that I learned on my mission, but that I haven't thought about in years (literally). It is this: Every time we make a good choice, a choice to resist temptation and a choice to not give in to our addictions (whatever they may be), we receive strength to do so again. Every time we take a step away from what binds us, we are more free to move closer to the Spirit and our Heavenly Father, who will in turn strengthen us so that we can continue to fight. Agency can be strengthened like a muscle, in other words: the more you use it, the stronger it gets.
I'm sure it's something you've already discovered, but sharing my inspirations helps me remember them longer. ^_^
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