Getting off of the processed food has been harder than I thought it would be. When you've spent the last eight weeks eating salty chips, fries, and other 'quick' vegan foods, crawling out of that self-dug hole is pretty hard. I'm still trying though. Like the Little Engine That Could, I will make it up and over this mountain.
I've been enjoying the idea that my evenings over the next few months will not be spent traveling and attending high school sporting events. I do enjoy it when we are in the season, but I also enjoy when it ends. Seven hours a day at least three times per week doing that is nearly a full time job with no pay.
The insanity in our world continues. Both natural and man-made tragedies seem to be rampant. I have to shield myself from some of that negativity or it paralyzes me. I watch the 'news' long enough to get the headlines and some details and then I simply must turn it off. I pray over all of it and then I have to focus on something else or I become overwhelmed. It seems like the 'news' can report on one topic all day long as they seem to build their reporting around people's opinions. I have to just say "No". Enough is enough.
How can we expect from others what we do not have ourselves. If we are discontent, self-serving, and ungrateful, how can we expect others to be the opposite. At some point we have to stop the hypocrisy.
If I am grateful for my health, then I should show that by doing the best I can to maintain that health. For me that is a whole food, plant based diet. If I am grateful for my home, then I should spend time everyday taking care of it. If I am grateful for my family, then I should invest my time in them.
I have quite a few elderly, 65-85, people in my life. I see them age daily. Through them I have been forced to confront my own aging. Part of that confrontation has been looking around my house at all of the stuff I own. That is leading me down the path of minimalism.
I probably will never own just 10 pieces of clothing or two pairs of shoes. My shelves will never be sparse or void of books and knick-knacks. Lately, however, I do feel the need to decrease the amount of stuff I own. I surely don't want to leave my mess to someone else.
I also need to quit putting off the things I say I want to do and actually invest time doing them. It seems I am often waiting for the perfect time to do things. I have to adjust my thinking on that. I have to capture minutes instead of hours. I found this quote recently: "Don't wait for things to get easier, simpler, or better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise, you'll run out of time." So I need to do those crafts, make those recipes, read those books, or pass them on to someone who will. So I say to simplified eating and living, I think I can, I think I can....and I will.
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