.

The other Day I was sitting at my Laptop; much like I am doing right now....and suddenly the Floor beneath me Feet started shaking, my Office door started wiggling and yes I could hardly believe it my Walls were most definitely vibrating. I was rather scared and since I had Facebook up shared "what I am up to" being shaken and stirred to put it mildly. Within the shortest amount of Time I had several responses with one comment stating that a Relative was feeling it all the way into Kansas. One does no longer need red Slippers to take a Trip...yeikes! It ended up being an Earthquake http://www.dutchsinse.com/ in the upper part of my State Oklahoma at a 5.1 and it did not help that it was attributed to the intense amount of fracking done here...."fra what???"

Well by now many have heard of it and many others are caught of  guard. What is fracking?
 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14432401 From the feel of it nothing good
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing Then again and this is the reason for my Post...in spite of the many valid concerns, somebody is attempting to make Money...a lot of it...at what cost...and to whom? So when we consider that the Water pumped down to push up the Gases; Water that has been chemically altered to create that reaction of pushing up now not only enters a deeper layer of Earth but also starts seeping and traveling. With enough towers in one location that will amount to a lot of altered Water traveling and starting to contaminate our drinking Water supply...and now this is where even though somebody stands to make a lot of Money, they may know enough of the harmful effects of the chemical on the Water supply and buy bottled Water as result, but do they remember it is also coming down on the Noodles they may rinse for Supper, or out of the Shower that they most likely are taking. What about brushing Teeth or bathing Babies....etc., etc., etc.,

Money...the cost to "thy neighbor"! How can it be that for one's own benefit somebody else is being handed over to suffer consequences so that pockets get bigger while Lives are being sacrificed????

When is enough enough for the sake of a Dollar??? Will it ever be????

My wish is this....that we take a look at what is at stake when choices are made that involve filling the pockets of a few while putting into question the Lives of many.
~ We are all in this together....or are we? ~

Lunchtime at School, my least favorite part of being a Substitute Teacher is having lunch duty. I will tell you why! The Children load up their Tray with all that is required to be loaded and after their 20 minutes of lunchtime, getting up and yup you guessed it thrown the content of that loaded Tray in the trash. We start early to teach our Youngsters it is ok to waste Food. The Law was able to force the Kids to load but it is unable to make them eat the Food. While the choices of Fruit and Vegetables look appealing it is an entirely different story with the main part of the Meal. When staff tells of a 1:16 rule = 1 pd beef with mushroom and soybean fillers to produce 16 patties (knowing what we now do about soybeans being an almost 100% gmo food) and fillers anything but nutritional at any rate...where does that go in line with a healthier meal for our Children???? You also see very few staff members eating a school lunch! Please ask yourself why?

While the Law has forced the Children that choose the School lunch to put selection on their Tray, what about the Student sitting next with a home brought Lunch consisting of Cheetos, a purple beverage, a Lunchable with processed Meat and Cheese and Cookies loaded up with Soybean solids, Corn syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup....I guess Michele could not get her Hand on that part. So now on both accounts have we got accomplished nothing good!!!!
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/the-administration/253931-should-congress-trash-michelle-obamas-lunch-program
http://time.com/3176714/pink-slime-meat-prices-bpi-beef/  "edible trimmings and then treating the result"!!! A rather interesting way to describe something we are to consume!!!!!!!!!!!

However at the Heart of it all is this! The Children that throw the Food away now have had Breakfast at 8:45 am and will not be able to have anything else to eat until approximately 4:00 pm, and if they are Bus riders slated to go home their next chance for Food will be by perhaps by 4:30 pm or later, and what about the Students that go to Daycare? How many Adults face the same time frame without Food?

Who was wondering why Children struggle in many regards? The absence of Food in general and nutrition specifically may provide answers?!

It may be time to have a conversation with the Children. We are their guardians, their providers,
to love, teach, nurture, protect, respect and listen to our Children.
~ Communication is the gateway to change ~

P.S: How many patties can you get out of a 1 pound packet of Hamburger Meat?


Picture source thesource.com



Disclaimer

Living a life without regrets...it's under every circumstance the Life to live...but then Life itself tends to get in the way through the choices that are made and the regret that follow, sometimes years later.

We give in so easily....that can be a good thing and a not so good thing.
When it comes to relationships...giving in can be the strength that keeps giving, build on good communication and the respect that exist to make communication so!!!

On the other hand giving in to the conveniences "of frozen meals" let's say have taken away so much more than we realize....by opening the freezer, reaching for that box, popping it in the Microwave, loading it on the plate, taking the phone, iPad, laptop or sitting in front of the computer and communicate with everybody but the people who's plate we just filled.

So maybe...just maybe next time we talk about the meal we want to prepare, take the time to shop for the ingredients we need....together...and then prepare the meal...together...and without the use of force turn off the gadgets...together...and spend time...together.
Idealist you say....it seems far fetched...for sure....but....it is possible!!!
Together we have the power and choice to give in....and it would be a very good thing!
~ The moments we spend together are precious, priceless and quickly fleeting ~





Picture credit www.quotationof.com

A crazy notion!
What if today everything you did, you did so with a time delay to allow for really experiencing the moment. When you got up this morning, did you recognize that your Foot hit the Floor, that you had a Floor, had a Foot? You got through the Night without problems, had a Night to go through. Then when you reached for your morning libation (an offering to us... getting the Day started) you had something to reach with and reach for. Moving on to the daily cleansing ritual....the Water, Soap, lovely scent, invigorating feeling...did it feel invigorating? Did it feel anything at all...were you in a hurry? Why?
The World was on my mind as these questions hit me up....standing in the shower and being happy about the scent of my soap.
When you can find one good thing about this morning...maybe got a smile on your Face, be for warned...it becomes exciting for where there is one...there are more!
As in all things when we suddenly thing we have seen the Light and go at it in a crazy sort of way...it rarely if ever lasts. After all it may have taken Years to get lost, so don't get overzealous now....
then again if this is YOUR MOMENT all has come together right for this moment then go for it. Oh and while you are at it, pass it on. The gratitude that is, the feeling and thought process of all that is good and right in Life, right here and right now. There will be plenty....no I am not talking about Cars, TV's, big Houses, fancy clothes.....none of that. How about the bills? Is this the time to cut back, adjust the budget, then would there be the money to pay a bill? The health or what all is good about the Health. You are the Captain of your thought....and you are what you say! "I am sick and tired" has rarely gotten anyone anywhere except depressed and unable to see what these words can really do...rarely anything good!
I am wishing you a wonderful Day, filled with endless possibilities to experience the Moment.
~ Life is made up of choices, our choices in response to Life ~




Picture credit transforminglifenow.com

:Picture credit Biene

That pesky cough accompanied by the tickle in the throat and I knew enough to reach for the Honey to bring about relief. As it happened I was at a local cost saving Store and to my excitement I found a Bottle of that golden Elixir that would hold the answer to my unpleasant misfortune. Ahhh if it was not for my ever present flip of the Bottle to read the ingredient list that to my disgust I read "High Fructose Corn Syrup, Honey". So now I am envisioning a big kettle of Junk and 3 drops of Honey added to it. Oh sure we are being told it's the same....but NO it is not. One is cooked up and processed from yes almost 100% GMO laiden Corn to get started, and then there is more http://drhyman.com/blog/2011/05/13/5-reasons-high-fructose-corn-syrup-will-kill-you/
 and the other... well a product with amazing health related benefits on many levels....and what has an Industry turned it into.....That's a whole other Blog post waiting to happen!
As for me I left the Bottle of that "stuff" right where I seen it, took my bark and left en route a Store that would carry "the real thing".
~ We see, we think, we choose ~




Picture credit Biene