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Poetry by Linda Mac
Better that a Fistful of Fried Chicken
Having lost 80 pounds I am very grateful to
God All the blessings I have received
Along with that weight loss I’ve released fears, too
And found a strengthen from within
Now, I can really laugh At things that used to scare me
Before Program I would eat to numb those fears
With a bucket of my favorite food
To fill that empty space deep within
Now, I write about those feelings
Using the Twelve Steps And I laugh at the way
My mind thinks sometimes
When I am living Just for today
Linda Mac
Having lost 80 pounds I am very grateful to
God All the blessings I have received
Along with that weight loss I’ve released fears, too
And found a strengthen from within
Now, I can really laugh At things that used to scare me
Before Program I would eat to numb those fears
With a bucket of my favorite food
To fill that empty space deep within
Now, I write about those feelings
Using the Twelve Steps And I laugh at the way
My mind thinks sometimes
When I am living Just for today
Linda Mac
O4/28/08
Something I’ve learned in Program
“Is anything too hard for the LORD?”
This Scripture comes to my mind,
When I think of where I am now.
Grateful to be rid of extra weight,
And the freedom to be of service to others.
My work is fun and so are my co-workers,
We enjoy each others company,
When things go rough we can smooth it out,
Together we can fight adversity.
This is Program in action,
Something I’ve learned from OA.
Working with others in committees and inter groups,
With God’s help,
I can be in a position of service, and be of service,
Working at my job,
Getting paid for it too!
Linda Mac
January 23, 2008
Miracles of Honesty
The gratitude list
Keeps getting longer
As I focus on God
Instead of myself
Those fears and doubts
I used to cry about
No longer have the strength
They once did
No, I am free to love and be honest
With others
But first it had to start with me.
I am grateful to God
For these things of His Spirit
Revealed in my heart, in His timing.
That I’ll not forget
The grace and mercy He gives,
I have learned from God to accept.
Linda Mac
February 4, 2008
Recover the Promises
God has opened my eyes this morning,
To new possibilities.
The realities of life, my life,
Learning to live in His Promises.
As long as I am willing
Everyday to say
“God, I am powerless,
Help me find my way.”
He sets me on the road
That leads to recovery
To become what I truly
Believe to the best of my ability.
With God guiding me along the way,
As I recover the promises
He gave to those of us
Living in recovery.
Linda Mac
January 16. 2008
Two Friends
Two friends have let me know
Just how devastating this disease is
They are saying that there is no hope
And that the willingness to continue
Just isn’t there for them anymore.
Take one look at what God
Is able to do,
Just one look and you will see in yourself,
The miracle that you are,
Today, you are able to breathe,
Today, you can make the right choices in your food,
Today, you can smile and write another email,
Pick up the phone, and reach out to another,
All these things are what you can do,
What can I do for you?
Linda Mac
January 4, 2008
The God of my Desires
As I look back on “two- oh- seven.”
It seem as if I were in heaven
God has certainly directed my path
Those doubts and fears
He has laid to rest.
What an amazing year
Yet to come!
What a relief to believe
In someone
Greater than myself
As I admit powerlessness
And find the faith to believe
All things are mine
Beyond my wildest dreams!
Linda Mac
January 1, 2008
Grateful to Wait Quietly
This December morning,
I listened to the sounds,
Of peace and quiet.
No more hustle and bustle of shopping,
Or cooking gourmet meals,
For all that is done now,
It’s a time of being still.
In the serenity of this favored Morn
The Birth of the Savior,
A day we celebrate,
Through the giving of gifts,
With food and family, too.
Today, I use the Tools of Recovery
As the gifts,
This Program has given me.
Linda Lee Mac
December 25, 2007
Christmas Time in L.A.
ADHD
I have “ADHD”
You may be wondering what that is.
My daughter in law sent the family
Gift certificates from Amazon.com
I did not know what they were,
But instead of throwing them out,
As I would have before Program,
I left them for my husband to figure out.
Inside were gift cards for forty dollars.
When I wrote back to tell her thank you,
I said I have this malady
“ADHD”
She wrote back,
“What’s that?” “Attention Deficit in High Definition?”
Merry Christmas
Linda Mac
December 21, 2007
Christmas Time in the Trailer Park
Seeing the decorations at night where I live,
Reminds me of my mother,
How she loved Christmas in her mobile home.
Lights, animated figures and a neon Christmas tree,
With all of her favorite Norman Rockwell
ornaments hanging on the tree
Presents all over, huge packages, gorgeously wrapped
She was finished by Thanksgiving,
with her shopping complete
Thinking about her, I started to cry
I don’t what to celebrate Christmas without her.
But she came into my heart just now, and told me
“Remember the good things, and write about them instead.”
So I am sharing a little bit of myself this holiday season
For those of us who go on living
Remembering our loved ones
And the reason for the season,
God is love.
Linda Mac
December 6, 2007
Would It Be Enough?
This morning during mediation
I asked God why it is
I haven’t lost these last 30 pounds of my goal weight.
“Would it be enough?” He asked me in return, “or would I want to lose more?”
That has been my story, All through out my life.
When are enough ever enough; Food, clothes, cars, and a home?
I could not give more of myself the love I craved,
I was always looking to outside sources.
Until I learned to accept myself for whom I am today.
I realized I needed to love me more, and things less,
That’s when I got more things!
So this morning I gave myself
This challenge of loving me more
And hugged myself from the depth of my heart
And Who should be there?
But God, for He loved me first.
Linda Mac
November 30, 2007
My Heart is in Your Hand
My heart is in Your Hand, O God
To be as You want me to be.
I can see You
Desire only the best for me
To live in peace and security with You
To guide and protect me
The stuff that gets in my way
Is my own personality and things I think I can’t live without.
You brought me up from the miry clay
and the deep pit of despair
I love the changes,
You have made in me
Take away the desire for extra food
Lord, that I can be free of the doubts and fears
My hand and my heart are in Yours.
Linda Mac
November 27, 2007
Prayer for the Still Suffering
I think about the many times
I have been given looks of compassion
and not condemnation,
and not condemnation,
From thin women when I was still suffering.
They seemed to have been looking
straight into my heart,
straight into my heart,
And all without judging me.
I realize now,
That they were once me.
But OA changed them and so did recovery.
So I say a prayer for the ones I see sitting alone,
In an empty parking lot in their cars,
Eating hamburgers by themselves.
There I am but for God’s grace and OA recovery
I pray that they want what I have,
And are willing to go to any lengths to get it.
Linda Mac
November 25, 2007
It Could Have Been Me
Yesterday, while waiting in line, to pay for some books I got.
A woman of about thirty-five
So heavy, she was barely alive
Slowly, but with determination tried to get on an exercise bike.
Her husband, hovering closely by, wanted to give her some help.
“Honey, she said, I’ve got to be able to do this myself.”
His patience and love was evident to all
as he watched her every move.
She did it!
And looked up at me with the reflective pain of her life, I could clearly see.
I prayed silently, “God, help her everyday to use this machine”.
But it could have been me.
Before OA, and the blessings I receive.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to share
This story with you,
And as you go about your day,
Would you also pray for those still suffering,
They are out there, wondering what to do.
It could have been me.
Linda Mac
November 15, 2007
I Don’t Know
Saying “I don’t know,” is freeing,
And a great place to start.
Only fear and its limitations,
Can stop me from reaching out.
To say that something is hard to do,
Gives fear the job of doing it.
Am I giving back all that I can?
To people and the way our Program works?
Why should I be afraid?
“I don’t know,” are the three most freeing words,
I could ever say.
I know God is watching over me,
And lovingly keeps me coming back,
To Him, our way of life, and to each other,
Through daily meditation and quiet time,
He is able to reach in and release all my anxieties
Saying “I don’t know,” to God,
Was the best thing I ever did.
Linda Mac
November 13, 2007
Plate Patrol
Step Up
New Freedom Retreat
I’m still bathed in
The Golden Glow Of our retreat.
“I don’t want to go to work, God,"I said,
“I’d rather stay here, and be loved,
and nurtured through
and nurtured through
The Spiritual connection and the meditation,
I’ve learned to connect to You with”.
“No, God gently told me,
“you must take what you have learned and
“you must take what you have learned and
Apply it to this hurting world,
Through daily living in the life
I have blessed you with,
I have blessed you with,
Don’t worry; I’m with you, my child”.
Thank You God, I said,
As I start my new day,
God’s mercies begin afresh each day.
Linda Mac
November 5, 2007
My Own Agenda
Lately I’ve been frustrated
About my weight and things
I am so grateful to God,
For the many miracles He brings.
But I have my own agenda
Written by myself,
And right there shows me,
I should put it on the shelf.
My program is not one of me, or I, or self,
But of us, and we, and each other,
And of those still suffering.
Thank You God for reminding me
Once again it seems
That to release my struggles gives me,
The Power of the unseen, and
Surrendering daily to my HP
Is the most complete
Serenity.
Linda Mac
October 16, 2007
Willing to go to Any Length
Yesterday I got on the scale,
I’d been feeling kind of bloaty lately,
And perhaps eating more than I ought.
The scale read 214,
Oh my God, that’s a lot!
But I did not panic or say,
“What’s the use?”
Instead I threw out the ice cream, and went to the books;
That’s where I saw some of my food abuse.
So, I formed a new food plan; while the family ate turkey,
I just had plenty of grapes.
This morning I got on the scale again,
I’d gotten rid of the weight;
Thirteen pounds to be exact!
It was a test to see if I’d shake,
But I passed this test,
Because of God’s grace.
Linda Mac
September 23, 2007
lindamac12steps@ yahoo.com
New Poem 9-21-07
Did they see the beauty of my daughter?
When she had her interview?
The teachable way she; her heart and soul,
Through her deep and lovely eyes?
Her patience with other people especially with me,
Is truly a gift of God, in recovery.
When I was living in the despair,
Of my disease of overeating,
The guilt and shame, the denial too,
Bought on temper tantrums and rages of emotions,
That my daughter accepted as normal;
The way I tried to control, everything but me.
God, You blessed me in the knowledge of Recovery
Through learning from my daughter
Patience, kindness and above all else,
Unconditional love.
I realize the longer I’m in Program
The more I depend upon God.
Linda Mac
September 21, 2007
Did they see the beauty of my daughter?
When she had her interview?
The teachable way she; her heart and soul,
Through her deep and lovely eyes?
Her patience with other people especially with me,
Is truly a gift of God, in recovery.
When I was living in the despair,
Of my disease of overeating,
The guilt and shame, the denial too,
Bought on temper tantrums and rages of emotions,
That my daughter accepted as normal;
The way I tried to control, everything but me.
God, You blessed me in the knowledge of Recovery
Through learning from my daughter
Patience, kindness and above all else,
Unconditional love.
I realize the longer I’m in Program
The more I depend upon God.
Linda Mac
September 21, 2007
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