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| Food is One of Our Most Faithful Teachers (photo by LivligaHome) |
Most of us have an ambivalent relationship with food rather than a benevolent one. As this segment from Mark David's Psychology of Eating blog points out "Life is a classroom, and for many of us food is one of our most faithful teachers". Read on for more great insight about the "you in food".
Food is Teaching Us, Helping Us Grow - If you are ready to walk through that door, then the first thing we tend to see, in our brave new world, is that our relationship with food is here to teach us, and is here to help us grow. It’s as simple as that. You don’t need to make it any more complicated. I’m not saying it isn’t easy to deal with our challenges with food and body, I’m simply saying that in principle, there’s nothing wrong with us because we have a food, weight or body challenge. Life is a classroom, and for many of us food is one of our most faithful teachers. If you’re willing to be a good student, the learning will be forthcoming. You’ll need to study a bit, the tests might be challenging, but life will always give you a passing grade for your hard won efforts. For many people, this is a significant and powerful change in worldview. And I believe, an extremely necessary one. If we want true hope for our eating challenge, then we need to see that despite the difficulty of it, there is a hidden benevolent function within it. It’s doing its best to be a great teacher for us. And with great teaching comes great learning, and great results. We don’t always get to choose, so it seems, the lessons that we learn – but if you get on board with the wisdom of life, then I personally promise you that, within time, your eating challenge will transform into a source of wisdom, strength, and compassion.
See more at: http://psychologyofeating.com/hope-eating-challenge/#sthash.P9BOBI4N.dpuf
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