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Can you recite The Serenity Prayer? Come on...most of us were raised on it, you know it. It's all about acceptance of the things you cannot change and having the wisdom to know the difference. Well...tomorrow is Easter Sunday and many of us have talked all this past week (Passion Week) about our fears of succumbing to the evils of Cadbury eggs, the sticky sweetness of marshmallow Peeps and the brilliant glow of neon jellybeans. We're afraid. Scared of what we might do faced with mom's ham swimming in brown sugar. Terrified of being confronted with our mother-in-law's gooey macaroni and cheese (or some other diabolical concoction). Quivering at the very thought of standing face-to-face with auntie's sweet tea, sugary enough to glue your lips shut! If I eat it, how much damage will it do? If I don't eat it, what will they all say? Arrgghh! "Lord, help me to accept the things I cannot change."
But what if you turned the Serenity Prayer on its head in your life? What if you decided that you would pray for the power to change the things you cannot accept?
Hmmm...I can no longer accept that I have expected my bones to carry double the weight it should be asked to bear. I have the power to change that. I can no longer accept that I have bowed before the table of peer (or family) pressure on our food-centered holidays. I have the power to change that. I can no longer accept that I am fat and happy. Why not lithe and lovely? I have the power to change that. What if I am as passionate about the new me as I have been about old habits? I have the power to change.
Hey, I know the pressure you feel. I will hold my plate and survey the table about noon tomorrow too. But this time, I'm determined to let something new rise up in me. I will be as weird as many of the others surrounding the table are convinced I am anyway. I have decided that I will change the decisions I make for my dinner plate (and those tawdry little nibbles and snacks too)! One bite at a time.
Scientific studies have proven that many of the overweight have hormones that make cravings insatiable and that we possess glands that would rather die than release the fat stored within! But many of these same scientists do not negate the power of the mind. The strength of human will. The ability of the body to heal itself when given the proper tools. "Lord, grant me the power to change the things I cannot accept."
You can do it! I believe that you can and I have faith in us. Let my words ring in your ears tomorrow as you stand staring into your child's (or grandchild's) Easter basket and while brown gravy sits simmering on GranGran's stove. :D I challenge you to make tomorrow an absolutely fabulous day...because you can!
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LuC2, another amazing journal and not just for the holidays but for those occasional moments of weakness that we all face. Still figuring it out? Maybe so, but you are so close and making amazing strides.
19 apr 14 door lid: ChicaLean
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Chica, we all know a lot...a LOT. I'm just really determined this time to turn knowing into doing all the way to the end. Seriously, there are simply some things I can no longer accept because I don't have to! I really appreciate your continuous support :D
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19 apr 14 door lid: ChicaLean
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a prayer that you know by heart, isn't always from the heart. Your prayer however is from the heart, and therefor worth more than all the words in the bible combined! I believe in our greatest hour of need he is there with you, remember that today and tomorrow, that he is in fact there, and the reward will be accordingly!
20 apr 14 door lid: puhpine
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good way to look at all the temptations. Also a good way to look at all the pressure. People feel more comfortable if we are all alike. Change is threatening. You are breaking 2 rules---not doing like we do and changing. Oh Dear What Next!
20 apr 14 door lid: dreamsinart
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I can't really connect with this on a religious level (atheist here), but if you can derive strength from your religion, that's fantastic. Keep it up.
20 apr 14 door lid: haesel
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Wonderful way to look at things Luc2, It is so hard when you know family and friends are all well meaning and loving but their comments "oh it's Easter" just one treat won't hurt you", Yeah well it was a combination of all those 'one treats' that got me here! Years ago when I quit processed foods, and went to healthy eating, I was called a 'food snob' .. and took a lot of eye rolling when I went out to restaurants with them and would ask 20 questions about the food, where it was from, how it was cooked. Eventually as time has gone on this info is now printed on the menu's , so i'm obviously not the only one asking.
We will hopefully have many many more Easters and other celebrations in our lives and I would much rather enjoy that one wee treat when I'm at a weight where I will not eat it and feel guilty. And in honesty, now that I've been almost sugar free for years... those 'treats' just don't appeal to me anymore.
Happy Easter to all.
20 apr 14 door lid: mummydee
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I guess the upside of not having any family celebration today is that I don't have to worry about all of that.. Today will pretty much be a typical Sunday with DH & DS and myself. Maybe I'll make something nice for dinner for us anyway. DS will get a little chocolate bunny but no baskets, no jellly beans, etc. He doesn't really want it and I don't want it in the house.
Happy Easter to everyone that celebrates.
20 apr 14 door lid: DarleneW101
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Good luck to you dear friend. I know your struggle----I am still in the battle of making my own choices and not handing that power over to anyone else.
My mother really pressured me to "eat". My family thought I would get sick if I didn't eat bread! My aunt actually got angry if I ate the way I wanted to, therefor I find it difficult to assert myself when it comes to eating----I eat to please others, not myself. Time to close the door on that way of living and open a new door. Could compare it to Easter----An old Me is gone and a new me has risen to see the light.
20 apr 14 door lid: dreamsinart
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Great post, LuC2. I'll pray it with you. Awesome idea.
20 apr 14 door lid: northernmusician
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Loving the new slant on things! After reading someone else's "Easter Eating Plan," I came up with my own and I already documented EXACTLY what I would eat, like back on FRIDAY!!! And that is what I will eat. Knowing the primary menu allowed me to do so, but I don't really care what else gets served, because I don't need any of it. It's just a meal. I can enjoy everyone's company, but I have the rest of my life to stay healthy and I'm doing it now. There will always be another holiday/excuse for eating the old way "just one more time." So, I will pray for the strength to change the things I can't accept! Thank you. We got this!!!
20 apr 14 door lid: gilliansings
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Great read up! Ah... When social pressure is added to the "task" of eating delicious food, resistance is, many times, futile! But you are resolved and you can do it! :)
20 apr 14 door lid: euheide
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21 apr 14 door lid: notjune1
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