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Thursday, March 25, 2010

This Weekend

This weekend is our Easter Musical at church - and it will be busy!  I think the temptation to fall into old habits is especially strong when a person is busy or tired, and this weekend I will be both.  I am trying to plan - so that I make consistent, good choices - and don't give in to either the fatigue or the busyness. 

When people see for the first time exactly how much I eat at a meal - they are usually shocked.  The natural reaction is to worry that the person isn't getting enough.  I try to talk it out with people ahead of time, so that they are at least a little prepared.  It might still be a shock, but at least I am trying to give people an opportunity to prepare themselves. 

In reality - I don't want the people around me to change the things they are doing or would do.  My decision was not about anyone else, just me.  My choices for what I eat are about me, as well.  I worried before surgery that it would be difficult to sit and eat with friends when I could only have a tiny bit of food - but something amazing has happened!  Now - I'm sitting with friends - and it's not about the eating at all - I'm just enjoying the friendship!  I don't even think about what I am NOT eating - and I think if I'm relaxed about it - that helps others around me to relax, too.

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