Tom’s Raw Foods Blog

My alarm went off at 4:10 AM. I turned it off, sat up for a minute, laid back down, and went back to sleep until 6:50 AM.

So much for a roaring start, eh?

I went to bed in plenty of time (and plenty tired) to get eight hours of sleep last night, but between the kids playing outside, a normal but noisy bath time, and wanting to spend some time talking to my wife after she went to bed, I didn’t get nearly eight hours of sleep. Add a bit of a sore throat to the mix (plus some gentle encouragement from my wife, who told me that I looked tired and should sleep in) and I decided to not get up this morning.

Tomorrow morning awaits. And, of course, I have to try.

Today wasn’t the best day either from a raw foods standpoint. I forgot to go over to the local farm store and buy apples. I have tons of bananas, one orange, some nectarines, two strawberries from the garden (the baby stole all the raspberries), maybe a pound of grapes in the fridge, and that’s about it. I did get some “baby romaine” today, along with some more celery, to go with the half cucumber and handful of cherry tomatoes in the fridge. Oh, forgot about the bell peppers; they always seem to be in abundance.

So combine the relative lack of variety with one of those days when “nothing looked good” and it wasn’t an easy day today. Normally I can always find something that satisfies my appetite, but not today. What do you do then? You can only eat so many bananas…

So I’m not going to eat anything for the rest of the day and start over again in the morning. Which comes at 4:10 AM for me. And that’s a good thing; I’m glad that our days are so short and that it’s easy to focus on the Now and not dwell on the less than optimal days. Or at least if you’ve learned to forgive yourself (which can be a difficult thing to do).

Stay encouraged. I wrote this post because I do want to be honest (I’m not one of those “raw at all costs” kind of people and want to show at least some transparency), but know that I’ll wake up tomorrow and it will be Now and that the choices I make Now will make that Now even better than this Now is.

If the above doesn’t make sense… Basically, the only time we have is Now; all other time is simply an illusion. So take care of Now and all will be well. And by taking care of Now in the Now instead of worrying about it (worry is pointless if Now is the only time you can take care of worries — you can either worry NOw or take action Now, but not both), it’s easy to stay encouraged.

See you when the Now that awaits us tomorrow is called Now.

Smacznego,
Tom