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Sunday, September 14, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Emptiness
When we were overeating, we felt empty inside no matter how much we ate. Now that we are abstaining, we may still experience periods of feeling empty. This emptiness is especially likely to occur after an occasion to which we have looked forward with much anticipation.
Perhaps we expect too much from a person or an event and feel let down when reality falls short of our anticipation. Perhaps we find ourselves with a group of people whose conversation is superficial and relationships are phony. Putting on a mask and keeping it in place for any length of time leaves us feeling drained and empty.
Without honest, meaningful contact with other people, we are emotionally undernourished. In order to have the mutually nurturing relationships we need, our false fronts have to be abandoned. Through this program, we learn to seek out the kinds of people and activities that fill us and to avoid those that leave us empty
Fill my emptiness, Lord.
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This is an affirmation of something that I have been a long time believer in. So much of our anger is emotional and spiritual, and we forget to give ourselves the things we need, and just keep filling our faces, instead of feeding our heart and soul.
Like the slogan H.A.L.T. HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, AND TIRED, an alert that something is missing from our body, mind, and spirit.