Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Commend all to God and then be still and be at rest in His bosom. - St. Francis de Sales*The reading for today it about inward peace. It says:
Inward peace is not easily come by for a compulsive eater. Stuffing down anxiety and fear with food gives an illusion of calm, but food as an anaesthetic has the shortest lifespan of all the addictive substances.
How, then, do I maintain inward peace? The same way I remain abstinent -- by giving everything to God: my fears, my worries, my life. I abandon all efforts to control, to force life to conform to my will. And I rest as peacefully as an infant in her mother's arms.I am feeling pressured about the holidays. Three presents I ordered by mail in November have yet to arrive. I have almond brittle to make which is time consuming and requires precision or it will either burn or not set. I have presents to wrap. My organizing project is still in progress. And I am having some health issues.
At the same time, I am fortunate to have the resources to solve my present problems. I can deal with the lost shipment. I know how to make the brittle and have the tools I need to do it successfully. I am further on my organization project than I have been for years. And I have a doctor I can consult tomorrow for relief of my symptoms. So I can turn this all over and be at peace. I just have to keep going. This is a program of action, after all.
*St. Francis de Sales is a French nobleman and priest, from the late 1400s to 1527. He is the patron of writers and also the deaf for his love of books, language, and creation of an early sign language. He believed in charity over penance. That makes sense for my purposes today.
Blessed be.
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