"courage to change the things I can."
Fear likes to "rear it's ugly head" in my life. As a characteristic of my disease, it stops me from taking care of myself and growing. When I grow, the disease lessons. On the other hand, when I can't seem to get myself to do something because of being afraid, it's an opportune time to beat myself up. This then becomes a feeding ground for my disease to thrive.
Courage to work through something that scares the heck out of me is pretty empowering! Finding this courage came with help from my Higher Power, prayer, abstinence and the 12 steps. Prior to this, what I tried to use to empower me was food - all the food gave power to was my disease, which in turn, encouraged me to hide. The more I ate, the more I wanted to hide. The more I hid, the more I wanted to eat. It was a vicious cycle.
(God grant me the) courage to change the things I can is a prayer in itself. There is footwork I need to do - changing the things I can is part of this footwork and action comes into play (our newest tool).
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