We say yes to food because we don t know what else to say yes to. All of us have some of these. The easiest one is television. The point is much of our lives do not nurture who we really are or could become. Therefore we eat to nurture our deeper unfulfilled spiritual needs.
Food becomes a substitute for filling our lives.
If you want to lose weight, you may need to learn to say NO to many people, habits, activities, situations that do not support your growth or well-being. Then after the table is cleared, you will have room to fill it with people and things that really matter to you. What a courageous statement and what a clear testimony to self-nurture. Let s go back to David Whyte once more. By saying no, when we can, to many of the activities and things that come our way, we are continually thrown back on ourselves.