Next Time When You Are Hungry Think Before You Eat

How lucky are we to have food at our finger tips

What would happen if we had to hunt for our food?

You may survive

I would either starve or become a vegetarian real quick

If I go a few hours without eating I get grumpy

Add two more hours to that and I get edgy and a little more angry

Then my body starts to unexpectedly shake to let me know

It is time to eat and I mean real soon

If I wait a little longer now this is when my stomach starts to rumble

I actually get a little light headed

Then I begin to hallucinate as if I have gone days since my last meal

I start to become weak and now all I want to do is eat

If I was to go longer than that which as a rule I make sure I don't

I would start thinking of how much food can I eat at once to fill the craving that now feels like the Grand Canyon opening from under my chin

I really do wonder ?

What would I do if I had to go days without eating ?

I know it would be hard to function and even concentrate

Even little things like walking and talking would become a struggle

It is amazing how life is so different when you take food away

Things that were so important don't even come to mind

How my mind drifts from what ever I was thinking back to the wonderful things I have eaten

Fantasizing about food

Now all I want is the closest snack

Something to hold me over till I can fill my empty belly

So now when things get rough and I don't have the best day I have planned

I take away my food and see how bad it could really be

Almost immediately I have an attitude adjustment and soon I reconsider my latest action

Since I am fond of lots of food and I am fortunate enough to have many types of meats

Not to mention an endless number of fruits and vegetables

Only to be followed by breads and limitless snacks

I have never gone hungry or had to go to sleep without eating

I am sure sleeping that I love so much would even become a chore

My deepest thoughts go out to those who don't have any food on the table

I will always cherish what I have and not to waste any leftovers

Because one day I may not be so lucky

My food may not be as abundant and I will learn the hard way

What it is to have nothing but an empty bowl in front of me

Filled with juicy thoughts of what food would be like

To end the starvation that I fight