The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.

We all have an emotional home that we keep coming back to. Even if a foundationally angry or sad person has a good job and good family, they return to their emotional home, especially when experiencing life's inevitable setbacks.

My personal belief is that the only thing keeping you from freedom is all the beliefs you have about what has to happen before you can be there.

If we habitually focus on how to improve things that are already great, can you see how this spirit can transform ourselves, our organizations, families and communities?

You must find a more empowering source of comfort, connection, and control than food. Perhaps a creative outlet, helping others, becoming active in an organization, whatever.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality.