Recovery Meditations ~ Forgiveness ~ One Day at a Time ~ January 17, 2011

~ FORGIVENESS ~

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Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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I want recovery from my disease of

compulsive eating. Part of my program of

recovery is asking forgiveness for past

wrongs I've committed against other people.

It isn't enough for me to make amends just

to others, though.

Another aspect of forgiveness is that of

forgiving those around me. I need to forgive

them for what they may have done to me.

Many times people don't know that they've

hurt me and maybe triggered a binge,

because I've covered up the pain with food.

But if I forgive them, then I don't have that

pain that I thought could only be soothed

with food.

Finally, I need to forgive myself. I can be

my harshest critic, and many times I,

myself, have been the trigger for my binge.

Besides, if I can find it in my heart to forgive

others, then surely I can extend the same

courtesy to myself.



ONE DAY AT A TIME ...


I will practice forgiveness in all its forms.