Thanksgiving is my favorite
holiday. The directions are
simple: be grateful and eat food.
This is not actually bad advice
for fitness, either. We all have
wonderful bodies. They carry us
around, regulate all the processes of life, provide constant messages about the
state of the exterior and interior world, and generally enable us to experience
all the joys of existence. Taking
a moment to appreciate that wonder can inspire us to give our bodies what they
need: good nutrition, enough sleep, plenty of exercise, and love.
Food is not the enemy. Without food, we die. Worse, we get crabby. Good food feeds the soul as well as the
body. Meals build community. Cooking with real ingredients subverts
the dominant paradigm, improves the environment (both immediate and local and global),
and enables healthy eating. Sure,
we can overdo the food. I don’t
recommend that for lots of reasons.
But a little pumpkin pie between friends is just fine.
I am grateful for life, for
family, friends, turkey, bikes, and light-up shoes. Make your own list while you walk
around the block between turkey bastings!
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