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Daily Question, March 15

Every morsel of food is a gift from this planet. What might I do to remember or honor this gift?

  • Tahsin Tabassum

    eating with gratitude and feeling grateful to have the food

  • reality
    The strongest things one can do is to not waste it, over-eat or throw away food. Even overly ripe items can be used with proper preparation, cooking, etc.. Also, sharing with others who don't have as much food. As well, real ‘saying of grace’ that I used to do, where no words are uttered, I just close my eyes and bow my head and think of all the ingredients and where they came from, being grateful for them and all who worked to bring them together, then to me; including the Earth and Sun....

    The strongest things one can do is to not waste it, over-eat or throw away food. Even overly ripe items can be used with proper preparation, cooking, etc.. Also, sharing with others who don’t have as much food. As well, real ‘saying of grace’ that I used to do, where no words are uttered, I just close my eyes and bow my head and think of all the ingredients and where they came from, being grateful for them and all who worked to bring them together, then to me; including the Earth and Sun. I.m.h.o.. Thanks for everything everybody does and have a good day ? reality

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  • Dusty Su

    Imagine myself without it. Imagine others who presently don’t have it. Think of constructive ways to answer that second scenario.

  • Trish

    When I remember all the work that went into planting my food & the preparation it helps me to slow down & savor it: the veggie burger with tomatoes & spinach & pickle. The fresh cut fries & the gorgeous grapefruit. Fresh, healthy, life-giving.

  • Jack

    Everytime I eat I thank God I’m alive. I eat to live, not live to eat.

  • Javier Visionquest
    I sell it all to the media-panicked and privileged (no small part of which is animal-derived, ultra-processed, and/or riddled with sugar, alcohol, and empty calories). I strongly disagree with the assertion that “every morsel of food is a gift from this planet”. Most “food” on the grocery shelves (especially those toward the center of the store) is an aberration of the mineral, plant, or animal it was originally sourced from. Help me to visualize a world so abundant with whole, living, ...

    I sell it all to the media-panicked and privileged (no small part of which is animal-derived, ultra-processed, and/or riddled with sugar, alcohol, and empty calories). I strongly disagree with the assertion that “every morsel of food is a gift from this planet”. Most “food” on the grocery shelves (especially those toward the center of the store) is an aberration of the mineral, plant, or animal it was originally sourced from. Help me to visualize a world so abundant with whole, living, and NUTRITIOUS foods (not the so-called “healthy” surrogates) that we couldn’t possibly give it all away; much less, sell it.

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  • BabaYaga

    Slow down.
    Pay attention.
    Use my eyes; notice how much beauty there is in the pot or on the plate.
    Give thanks. Creatures, roots, and leaves gave their lives.

  • Ingrid

    To realize that food is something I’ve been privileged to date to take for granted. To reflect on this and realize it as such.

  • Elizabeth M Jones

    Give thanks for the food that I have each moment, each day.

  • pkr

    To not waste. Be thankful for the abundance on my plate.

  • Antoinette
    With what’s going on right now it is certainly easy to see that food is a gift. It’s scary to see how hoarding can happen so fast. The fear factor arrises in many of us and kindness and compassion takes a back seat. So to remember and honor our food it’s important to let kindness and compassion take a front seat. I am grateful for all of the beings who have made it possible for us to have food. The people who are showing up to work to deliver our food are brave and caring. Thank you ...

    With what’s going on right now it is certainly easy to see that food is a gift. It’s scary to see how hoarding can happen so fast. The fear factor arrises in many of us and kindness and compassion takes a back seat.
    So to remember and honor our food it’s important to let kindness and compassion take a front seat. I am grateful for all of the beings who have made it possible for us to have food.
    The people who are showing up to work to deliver our food are brave and caring.
    Thank you so much for all of the many efforts that go to giving us our daily bread! Deep bow.

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  • Linda

    I tend to eat too fast–part of me just wants to get it over with and get on to the next activity or task. I am–just for today–going to eat more mindfully and let my meals take longer than 5 minutes!

  • grateful sea
    There is a prayer the community sings together before meals at the ashram where I used to live. It begins, "OM, beloved Mother Nature, you are here on our table as our food..." Through the years, this practice has stayed with me (though now I make a silent prayer of my own) and the connection I experience in this way has deepened. Often tears come for the beauty and abundance of the gift -- whole food simply prepared, herbs and spices, salt(!) and clean water to drink -- and also tears for th...

    There is a prayer the community sings together before meals at the ashram where I used to live. It begins, “OM, beloved Mother Nature, you are here on our table as our food…” Through the years, this practice has stayed with me (though now I make a silent prayer of my own) and the connection I experience in this way has deepened. Often tears come for the beauty and abundance of the gift — whole food simply prepared, herbs and spices, salt(!) and clean water to drink — and also tears for the many on this planet who do not have enough. Non-human animals included. This vast, intricate web of life, may it come into balance. I honor the gift by supporting small, local farmers who respect the soil, the water, the workers, the wildlife. I honor the gift by not wasting food, by composting. I honor the gift by growing what I can even just on a windowsill, by sharing. Warm greetings to all who visit here.

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  • GCharlotte

    I thank God when I eat.

  • Mica

    Share it with my guinea pigs, who love to eat from my plate, if they like the food.

    • Cathy

      Oh those babies do love a good salad, don’t they, Mica? You know in the grocery store how sometimes there is a big can beside the fresh corn on the cob, people shuck their corn right there? I’d take a few pieces of shuck and silk home to mine every week and remember how excited they got over that treat. Bless you for loving the guinea pigs.

      • Mica

        Thank you, Kathy! I wonder how many people were grossed out by my post. That’s great, about the corn husks. They get their romaine and frozen chopped kale and such, but sometimes I figure they can just eat their kibble and hay, and don’t need a special food, when I’m eating something, so they share my food.

  • Gerry

    By being present for every bite of food, recalling the long chain of people responsible for bringing that bite to my mouth. Supporting local food banks, soup kitchens, however I can.

  • Samuel

    …always share the wealth with those less fortunate…
    sb

  • TeriB

    Being grateful for the food before me, as in a simple prayer of thanks before each meal. Also, to be mindful of my impact on the earth and the worlds resources, using reusable shopping bags, eating in season, planting a garden, reusable bottles, composting, recycling……so that we may continue to receive Earth’s gifts.

  • Ed Schulte

    Two simple sentences …and I deleted the “might” and insert “will” instead within the question.

    Donate to food bank.

    Help out at food kitchen

  • Michele

    I am going to cook my Irish St. Patrick’s Day meal today and enjoy it with my son. My one daughter, who is living in Hawaii, is going to make the same and share it with her boyfriend. This meal is made once a year and I love cooking it and sharing it. My work is having a pot luck on Tuesday and I will bring in homemade Irish soda bread. Have a relaxing Sunday everyone.

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