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On Quitting Things…and Breaking Free

Anita Mathias — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:43:57 +0000

I’ve read that Indians catch monkeys by placing a peanut (called “monkey nut” in India) in a bottle. The monkey plunges its slender paw into the bottle, grasps the peanut, tries to withdraw its clenched paw clasping the nut, but cannot. He thrashes around; the noise alerts the homeowner, who captures him, as a pet, […]

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On How Elephants Can Escape Their Chains, and We Can Too

Anita Mathias — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:26:08 +0000

Elephants, majestic, loveable, gentle beasts, are tamed by cruel means I hate reading about in Thailand, principally, in Nepal, in India and in Malaysia. A common trick, less cruel than the others though, is this. The elephant is initially chained to a tree with heavy chains. Later, however, the mahouts don’t bother to attach the […]

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Comfort Eating, Emotional Eating, Compulsive Eating: Goodbye to All That

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:26:23 +0000

Continued from In which I seek healing, and the healer says, Rise, take up your pallet, and walk. So for ten days now, I have not had sugar or white flour (deciding to cut just these two things from my diet for starters) and have not eaten when I have not been hungry. And I […]

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Set Free from Food Addiction Through Intimacy with God (A Guest Post by Lynda Alsford)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:34:43 +0000

Freedom I used to be a food addict. I love saying that sentence, so please indulge me as I say it again. I used to be a food addict…until Jesus set me free in March 2012. My journey to freedom has taken many years and in that time I’ve learned many things. One that stands […]

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