I was with a friend recently who said that she weighs and measures every bite she puts into her mouth. "I am frightened that if I start eating, I'll never stop." she said.
I told her I understood, and that I too was frightened of food once, but
mostly, I was frightened of myself. I realized then (and again) that although we
don't realize it, we are making choices daily about what we trust and what we
fear. And that there is a clear, defined path from fear to trust. Most of us stay in
the middle region between fear and trust. We trust ourselves sometimes, then we
get scared and we cycle back to the way we have always lived, which is followed
by our resolve to do it differently. But, and I know this from direct experience, it
really is possible to move from fear to trust, from shame to power, from
deprivation to joy.
