hello.  i am listening to the birds.  every once in a while a jet flies over head and it sounds like the ocean.  when i woke, the sunlight was orange against the pump house out back.  it is now liquid yellow.  very nice.  i ate a fruit which was like a pear mixed with a plum but i don't know what it's called.  it's arbitrary anyway, as words are not what things are.  all i know is, shit was good.  last night, i watched part one of the john adams mini series, which was on HBO not too long ago.  david told me about it.  checking it out.  it's interesting that this country was founded by dudes who felt oppressed by the wealthy elite ruling class.  it struck me as ironic, since the country has since degenerated back into the haves and the have-nots (if it ever was such a utopia at all).  although, i suppose that is the story of human history.  i wondered, will this ever change?  has it ever been different? are we able to share?  really share?  i know for a fact that we don't need to eat as much as we eat.  in this country alone, if we were to cut portions of food down by two-thirds, we could feed the whole world.  people really do starve out there.  here i am nibbling on a tiny strange fruit.  so it goes.  being aware of these things helps me make better choices.  do i buy a big bag of apples and eat half while the rest rotts?  or can i get by on an apple a day?  water.  maybe a carrot here and there.  nuts?  you know the funniest thing about food in this country is that there are too many empty calories.  pretty much anything that comes out of a box or is sealed in a plastic bag has little or no nutritional value, which means your body is going to signal hunger more quickly after you eat, because it's not getting nutrients.  so you keep eating and eating.  i too am a victim of the american food machine.  although in the last year i have been consciously feeding myself natural foods which the earth provides out of the goodness of it's soil/heart.  these foods are much more sustaining than a veggie burger from the freezer.  you don't need to eat as much, which is much better for the world at large, since there is a tremendous food shortage.  try it out.  try eating fruits, nuts, and vegetables for a while.  see how good you feel.  you will not be constantly hungry.  or perhaps you will, in which case, eat more fruit.  i think about this sometimes, hearing about starving nations.  little children who can't eat cause there's no food around.  and it's an issue here in america because we overeat which naturally depletes the food supply.  but the funny thing is, if you eat foods that your body appreciates, it doesn't holler at you for more.  this is a strange tangent.  but an important one.  food and water will become a critical issue in the years to come.  as of now, there is little education about food in this country.  but we will learn, even if it's out of necessity.  try eating a bag of grapes.  eat just grapes for a day.  see how you feel.  if it doesn't work out, go back to your artery clogging quarter pounder with cheese.  if you think about it, it is quite obvious.  this small choice can have a great impact.  not only on the world at large, but on our bodies, which are our minds, which are the world.  it is a nice convenient circle.  if we take care or ourselves, we take care of the world.  if we all make decisions based on how they affect the world at large, at the very least, our conscious awareness will be making the world a better place.  being aware of ourselves, being aware of our neighbors and loved ones, seeing through the eyes of the sun.  this can change the world.  i love you.  hope you eat an apple today!

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