Know ye not...?

This morning, at what appeared to be a breakfast buffet at the Travelodge lobby, I found a hub of people that gave me an observation of epic proportion. A trio debating the length of time it takes to create the perfect waffle-it's funny to me that these strangers feel a camaraderie brought on by the anticipation of starch at it's finest. Moving along, there's a elderly couple sitting at a table drinking coffee and staring at me, intently. A middle aged couple eating matching bagels in their matching polo's with their matching scowls, turn to identically make obligated eye contact with me with a set of fake grins.

All I can keep thinking is, they look exactly like the food they're eating. Doughy, color-less, dimpled and soft. What's more, is they apparently seem to know this, whether it's obvious to them yet or not. They're emitting this unpleasant energy brought on by their body knowing what they're refusing to acknowledge. They're not feeling happy, healthy, energetic and whatever else it is they see on me when I walk through the door eating a bright red apple.

Eat the food that you want to resemble, in whatever the way. Whole, real, colorful and organic. We aren't processed people. Not naturally anyways, I suppose the more fake food we eat, the more our bodies find nothing they acknowledge as fuel, thus nowhere to place it, except to store it as that flabby fat we ALL hate so much.

So then, I bring up the question of why do we do what we do, when we know what we know? Are we simply glutton's for punishment? Or are we hoping to get past on a hope that we're the one exception to the rule. What we eat ultimately makes us who we are. It effects our moods, which effects our lives, which makes us who we are. Not to mention what we look like. Yeeesh. We only get one chance with our body, let's do something admiral with it!! Keep it as long as possible. It's your life after all.

"Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

It's very possible, that the destruction is left up to us, as well as our salvation with our body. What you eat will inevitably better your life, or slowly destroy you. Whether you're religious or not, food is indiscriminate. So next time you walk into your local breakfast buffet, take a minute to pause and look at the untouched basket of fruit beside the remains of what used to be a pile of pastries. Make your choice...life, or death. Have a good one!:)

-J