Being thankful for our food

[Guest guest]

An excerpt from 's essay on Thanksgiving and giving thanks for

our food. You just have to read her take on the gracious and

conscious eating of a fast food meal on a train. I'll never look at

it the same way again.

" Ever since that day, I have looked at saying grace and giving thanks

as an incredibly powerful tool each of us has for nourishing

ourselves, and for opting out of the cynical and rapacious

commercialization of our foodsystem. Each one of us can, no matter

what we are eating, make any meal a form of spiritual practice. We can

transform it with our grace into a gift and a blessing. "

Full essay at

http://www.stirringthecauldron.com/2006/m11_thanksgiving.php