Glass Half Full

Yesterday's Food:

No Breakfast

Large Lunch at The Stand, Norwalk, CT:
Raw smoothie with cacao, dried cherries, nutmilk, banana
Curried collard wrap with curry almond pate, red peppers and sprouts
gazpacho with veges and sprouts

Snack;
a piece of a banana

Late Dinner to Ease up a Long Day:
Non-raw at Lime Restaurant, Norwalk, CT
3 pieces homemade whole grain bread with olive oil
pink bean and chipotle soup with 2 grain crackers
salad with tahini dressing
grilled eggplant parmesan with Vermont organic cheese on top of whole wheat penne; broccoli and string beans

Today's Meals: after a spectacular 6 mile run
Breakfast:
32 ounces lemon water
3 bricks 'Two Moms in the Raw' goji berry granola

No Lunch
(non-raw and raw: small tastings of all kinds of beautiful veges prepared in different ways to bring to a friend, from Andy's Vegan Cafe, Rye, NY)

Dinner:
salad with romaine, cabbage, carrot, daikon, sprouts, cuke, 1/2 avocado with dulse, nutritional yeats, olive oil and Herbamare
Dessert:
bowl of Organic Nectars raw pistachio ice cream

If you're a raw foodie and having a non-raw meal, do it from a "glass half full" perspective. Yesterday was a "heavy" day for me; all good, but I was processing some things and could really feel a range of emotions in my body. In the process of processing, I had a full day that ended with a session at my office.
Driving home, I realized I was a bit short on a couple of foods from the market and debated whether to go out to eat or stop at the market and eat after 9:00.
I decided to take myself out and be served.
It's so fine to do this; in fact, treating oneself to meals out is very affirming. But I was wanting to "soothe" my feelings; not to eliminate them, but to soothe them with food.
So, the food was delicious, but I ate it too quickly and my feelings were still there.
This morning I could feel the difference between truly "choosing" that meal and allowing my emotions to choose it.
By the way, I am so grateful for the feelings and for my day yesterday; it's all extraordinary insight and growth. I'm merely speaking to the subtleties of our relationships with food.
When you choose to make change with food, choose it not to fill a place but to nourish and enhance your already filled heart.
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