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Can I Talk About Something Else?

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That was the question my wise mother asked me yesterday. I have not spoken to her as often as I would like lately. In our conversation on Saturday, I was telling her about my food thoughts. Without realizing, I kept going and going about the subject. Finally, mom stopped me and said, what else are you doing on Sunday? It then dawned on me that I was focusing so much on the food in my life that I was missing out on what I was actually doing throughout the day - two shows and then karaoke at night.
I knew I had all these other great things going on, but all I could think about was the food. I am not doing that to myself anymore … easier said than done. Overall, it was so great to have someone wake me up.
Life is more than food. Food is meant to fuel my body in order to live my life to the fullest. I need to work on focusing and talking more about that.


Posted in General on May 17th, 2009

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