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[alexpgp]

I managed to do 10 pages of El Humungo, but I am well and truly sick and tired of talking about translation.

* * *I subscribe to a self-improvement/inspirational (at least to me) mailing that often has some really useful items in it. Recently, the author turned his spotlight on the subject of food.

Food, of course, is the thing that keeps me - and a bunch of other people I know - overweight. Moreover, I've heard - and understand, on an intellectual level - all of the arguments about how one needs to change one's approach to eating in order to make weight loss permanent. The article I'm talking about takes the idea a bit further, by viewing eating as a ritual, instead of an opportunity to fuel the body. He starts his spiel with the following observation:

For many of us, all the most important activities of
life center around food.

It wasn't that way when we were children. For children, life is about playing. Coming home to dinner is not something they look forward to. On the contrary, it is an unpleasant obligation. (Do you remember how often your mother had to call you when all you wanted to do was to keep on playing tag?)

Boy, do I ever. And yet now, I look forward to family dinners (such as the one we had last Sunday) not as primarily a vehicle for interacting with Drew and Shannon and Huntur (although that aspect is certainly there), but as an opportunity to have a nice sit-down meal.

It is, you should pardon the expression, food for thought. And on that note, I shall bid you all a good night.

Cheers...

Comments

[maslacak.livejournal.com]

the list sounds interesting enough that maybe others might wish to signup, such as me? :)

then again, I doubt you play tag with your friends now, do you? Perhaps doing that would provide the neccesary socializing, I presume children prefer "tag" over "dinner" because during the game they are with their peers, people they socialize and learn to socialize with.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Check out www.earlytorise.com for details on the mailing (it's not really a list, as the information flow is one-way).

You're right, I don't play tag these days, and but that has little to with the price of rice in China. There are societies where rituals occur without food (or at least substantial amounts of it); ours certainly is not, which was the point being made in the item.

Cheers...