“Even-ing Up the Pie”
Ever had this experience?
You are standing in the kitchen- or cleaning up the dining room
table….you are alone. The edges of the
cake, or pie (or casserole, or a container of ice-cream) are UN-EVEN. You pick up a fork and say- “just one little
nibble to even it up.”
MMMMM! It tastes
so good- but look! It made the other side un-even. So, again, you take the fork and dive in
again. And, again and again and again. Until a short while later, after you emerge
back into consciousness, you realize that you have eaten nearly the whole
thing! So- then you say, “what the
heck?” and then finish it off.
Every time I share this experience at the Dining
Workshops- almost everyone in the room can relate! We have all had Un-Conscious eating episodes
and then when we “wake up” we beat ourselves up for having been so weak.
It is amazing how
our thoughts can lead us down this slippery slope. So, here is a way to break
that cycle: Next time you have the urge
to “Even-up the Pie”…bring your full awareness into it. Ask yourself if it is
what you truly want. If the answer is
YES, then do it mindfully. Decide to take a sliver- and put it on a
plate. THEN, sit down with it- bless it
– and eat it while enjoying every bite.
Decisions
when made consciously and with LOVE behind them; change the vibration and the
energy of how our bodies process what we eat.
