Eating Way too Fast, or Forgetting to Slow Down
Do you remember that time when you were so hungry? You were so hungry that you couldn't wait to devour into whatever was sitting in front of you. Maybe it was a steak. Or a hamburger. Or perhaps a steaming, hot pizza straight from the oven. Your mouth was salivating and you could not wait to dig in.
The first bite was glorious. As was the second. You could likely say the same for the tenth, fiftieth, and two-hundredth. Dinner was amazing, and you were still hungry. Tearing through morsel after morsel, your appetite could not be sated. That is, until you stopped eating 20 minutes later. At this point you came to the conclusion that you had seriously over-eaten--over-eaten to the point that loosening your belt buckle wasn't going to help. The only thing that would help was time, and lots of it. Puking was another option, although you hated for all of that good food to traverse that which it had already traveled. Food is intended to operate solely on a one-way street.
The next day you likely proclaimed, "I won't do that again." And you probably did well for a time. And a few months down the road, you doubtlessly fell into the same temptation, seeing all sorts of wonderful food as an answer to a seemingly empty stomach. We've all done this once or twice, to say the least.
Sometimes we see all sorts of great and satisfying things in front of us and can't help but try to take it all. We do this with more than just food.
Have you ever considered your schedule? How often do we slow down to think, "Am I going to fast? Should I be doing this? Am I killing myself over something insignificant?"
Like eating too much, I think we involve ourselves in too much, generating a sense of artificial busyness, precluding ourselves from doing the best things in life. You see, we've become too busy to realize that we are missing out on so much. The only time we realize the need to slow down is after our tasks and chores are done, and our bodies 'crash,' simply asking for rest.
So for me, I think I'm going to eat more slowly. And I think I'm going to slow down in life as well. At least take a few pit-stops along the way and savor the experiences and reassess the things I do, contemplating whether they are the best things to be doing.