The power of a single action.

When Yisro told his daughters to invite Moshe home for a meal, he had no idea how this one small act would impact his life.  In our lives we tend to underestimate the importance of every act that we take.  It is important for us to remember that every single act that we do has the potential to change our lives for the better or for the worse.

heard on an outreach call

In OA we learn that one bite of food off of our food plan has the potential to take us very far from our goal of abstinence.  Therefore we put a lot of emphasis on not taking even one bite off of our food plan.

Are we eating L'Kovod Shabbos or L'kovod our stomachs

From a Shiur by Shira Smiles on Parshat Yisro- Shalom of Shabbas

When you honor your wife it brings Shalom into your house, Shabbos is like our spouse so by honoring Shabbos we bring bracha into our house.

Sometimes it feels like we are not "honoring Shabbos" because we limit our food treats on Shabbos, but I have learned other ways of making Shabbos special without over eating. Saving special treats for Shabbos, a special fruit or vegetable, special flowers or reading material are also a treat for Shabbos. I often think of what my teacher once said, "are you doing this L'kovod Shabbos or L'Kovod your stomach".