Weighing In - On Gratitude
Posted by Alicia Leeds on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 04:58 PM
In our quest to have better health, to lose weight or to improve our physical bodies... remember that giving thanks for the choices we are able to make in this moment can light our path to change.
When we pause with gratitude before downing a perfectly ripe apple we can become more aware of the process of nourishing ourselves. We can notice how eating is regenerating life's energies, and we can become more fully renewed.
Next time you grab an apple, think about what needed to happen for this moment to occur. Someone planted a tree which was fed by the earth and the sun and the rain in all the right proportions. Someone climbed a ladder and picked the fruit and put it in a bucket and someone else carried it to a truck which drove it to the store where someone else place it carefully on the shelves for you to purchase. All those people have families and hopes and dreams that they hold while bringing you the apple. And the apple itself holds the promise of all the elements of earth, air and rain - and will deliver them to you.
Then there's your perfect body - and no matter what you weigh or look like, believe in its perfection just for the moment - because your body knows what to do with the apple when you bite into it. All your cells come together to transfer the energies of the earth and the sun and the rain and all the other people who brought you the apple and turn all this into energy for you to use to live and love and fufill your dreams and realize your hopes - or just do the laundry - it doesn't matter.
The point is, when you take a bite you are connected, and for this, be grateful. Take a minute to say thanks for being able to make this choice for the sake of the your health, and appreciate the perfection in this moment. Know that each moment you are perfect, just as you are right now. Cultivating gratitude will light your way, allowing you to gently move forward on your path to change, with compassion, with love, and with forgiveness.