Being Thankful

So much is said about the balance you need to keep between work and family, time saved for special events and just down time with the kids, moments cherished with your children and loved ones....and I was thinking..
When was the last time you sat with your family and actually cooked together, made a meal planned with input from everyone? From menu and shopping, prepping, maybe even going to a farmers market or right to the farm to source your food?
Involving your children, the ones who will be taking the reigns of this great planet, and teaching them how to connect and experience food in a positive, nourishing and spiritual way. Look in the Bible at how many times Jesus was in a Garden talking to God. Adam and Eve were in the Garden of all Gardens! No coinicidence and in every Religion major happenings and spiritual events and moments happened in gardens.
Food and Eating is a Spiritual experience that we as a society and culture have simply thrown away. A simple blessing of a meal in 2.6 seconds means nothing and does nothing!
Just one meal this next week, get your family together at the beginning of your meal and stop to give thanks for Everything that Everyone did to make that meal that you are about to put inside of your body to nourish and sustain you and your family for a few hours. What a huge responsibility it is to be in charge of keeping your family "well nourished" and healthy and full.
Think about it like this-for you to live organisms must die. We should honor and cherish every bite! Try it just one time to put love INTO your food and in return love with flow out of every pore of your families bodies! Whether people want to admit it or not, everything IS connected on this planet and when you take the time ro be mindful of your food it is proven to be more nourishing!