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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Sharing
In our fellowship, we share our troubles and we share our joys - our faults as well as our assets. We will be accepted and understood, because we are with people who are like us. We may seem very different on the surface, but underneath we are all amazingly alike.
Someone has said, "I can only know that much of myself which I have had the courage to confide to you." As we reveal ourselves to others, they act as mirrors so that we may see and understand who we are.
All of us have hidden fears and buried guilts. Before we joined OA, we had no place to go with these negative emotions, and so we turned to unnecessary food. Instead of rationally facing our worries and our hurts, we ate. Even when we were happy, we found it easier to eat than to express our joy to someone else.
Sharing our thoughts, feelings, and experiences with other people shows us who we are and helps us to accept ourselves. Those with whom we share also benefit.
Grant me courage and trust so that I may share.
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This is why I like discussion meetings. Listening to others share enlightened me. At a speaker meeting, if I didn't like the message I could shut out the messenger, but if I go to a discussion, I can't shut everyone out, and something was bound to sneak into my self-righteous mind. I'm not as bad as they are. I didn't do that, so I don't have a problem, I don't have to change. Comparing the actions instead of identifying the feelings, that is, if I let them come out in the first place.