I look down at the cup of coffee in my hand for the second time this morning. I begin to wonder what is wrong with me. Why can't I seem to put that coffee down? Geez, How can I help people change their lives if I can't change my own? Sound familiar?
Look back......
I think back to a time when life was crazy and the kids needed to eat on the road. A quick and cheap fix may have been a McDonald's cheeseburger and fries. Of course we are in the car so we have some strays fall to the floor, or perhaps someone decided a chunk of burger looked good in the door pouch. I have seen these things!!! Often so well hidden that it had been weeks!!! The lifestyle was crazy and the food matched!! YUCK....the only color change was found on a fry that had gotten moist. Other than that it was just dry.
That is why this was not a shock to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI&feature=fvsr
When I think years back to my lifestyle and habits, I tend to think I should be able to "double time" to correct the errors of my ways. I am more educated now. The truth is, I was doing better than average then!!! That scares me, but I begin to relax a bit. I look again at my cup of coffee. I used to drink coffee by the half gallon (almost literally). I have changed cookware to stainless steel, storage to glass, and grain almost doesn't exist in our family diet. The things that DO exist in our diet now amaze me. It wasn't just a change in myself, it was a change in everyone around me!!!
Our food spoils......it changes.....If your food does not change and breakdown......then it cannot provide energy.....leaving you just as unchanging as the food you eat. We are far too dynamic for THAT around here!!!
So, I take a sip of fresh brewed coffee. It is so delicious. AAAHHH.......It's all about the journey.
Kandee
