FOOD FOR THOUGHT - OA OCTOBER

[MajestyJo]

Sunday, October 12, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Moving Forward

Time past is gone forever, and we can never go back to it. Even our disease progresses forward. We cannot expect to control it by a return to measures, which may have worked for a time in the past. Those methods eventually failed, and trying them again will only bring us to the same point of failure.

The only way to avoid repetitious failure is to move forward creatively as our Higher Power leads us. Each day is a new creation, and each day brings new lessons and opportunities. We build on what is past, but we do not need to repeat it.

Moving forward involves risking what is unknown. The old, familiar rut, depressing as it is, is a known quantity. Moving out of it requires that we have courage and that we trust in One who knows and cares. To move on, we must act. Insights do not produce growth until they are accompanied by specific actions.

May I risk new actions as You lead me forward.

This reminds me of what a friend said yesterday about repetition and same old, same old. It was his old grouse and I didn't say anything. Yet it is up to us, to take that risk and broaden our horizons, step out of that same old same old, strengthen our boundaries, and take a step forward and allow ourselves to become vulnerable. Forget what was and what had been, and remember that our God is with us, and we are armed with faith and the tools of recovery, and where ever our God takes us, He will guide and direct us through it. I didn't need bars, I was a prisoner of my own mind for years. I didn't like so it wasn't any good. I was fearful of tasting and of trying, I tried it once and didn't like it. I tried it once and got sick, never going to touch it again, and fear shackled us. So many scenarios, that with a little bit of imagination, a little bit of hope and investigation into new things and alternatives, we can get out of an old rut and try new things that are healthy.