FOOD FOR THOUGHT- OA/AUGUST 2014

[MajestyJo]

Saturday, August 2, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Motivation

Most of us fight the temptation to be lazy, to get by with doing the minimum instead of our best. When we were children, we had parents and teachers who urged us on to greater efforts. As adults, we have to depend more on internal motivation and less on the exhortations of others.

Working for strictly material goods is not enough to provide the impetus and enthusiasm we need. It is our Higher Power who gives us our talents and abilities, and it is His plan for their use, which we seek to follow.

Doing less than the best we can is short-changing ourselves. We miss the satisfaction that comes from stretching as far as we can. We also miss the opportunity to exceed former limits. The more we do, the more we are able to do.

Motivation comes from our Higher Power and can only be received, as we are willing to act. Thinking and planning have their place, but it is action, which generates fresh enthusiasm.

May I live up to the maximum of my abilities today.

I did good until I went into the pharmacy downstairs and bought a Magnum Infinity Chocolate Ice Cream bar.

I bought fruit and vegetables and good things to eat. Just had to have that treat that I feel I deserve. Thankfully, the thoughts didn't go into 'more' and I was able to stop eating after I ate it. That is the problem, one is too many, a thousand is never enough, if you let your disease take you, instead of you taking your disease and turning it over to your Higher Power. So glad this is a one day at a time program and I get to practice, practice, practice.