When Your Plate Is Too Full

Seafood, chicken, grilled steak, salads, veggies, mashed & baked potatoes, French fries with cheese sauce, turkey, stuffing and gravy, fruit cup and more;  for dessert , cheese cake, apple dumplings, strawberry shortcake, pound cake, pies, with varied fillings, puddings, and ice cream.  The possibilities are endless. 

It was a beautiful summer day and my friends and I were on the way to Shady Maple Buffett.  I was starving.  I hadn’t eaten a thing all morning, just a cup of coffee make that two cups.  When we arrived at the restaurant, I piled my dinner plate to the max.  I was a happy camper.  I polished off my ginormous salad quickly and started on the main course.  Suddenly, fullness overpowered me.  I looked at my piled high plate, sadly thinking I could not eat another bite, not even dessert.

That’s when it hit me.  I finally realized my life was just as full as that plate of food, I was staring at.  My life had become as busy and so out of balance, I was losing focus.  I decided to stop looking at the plate of food; stop struggling with my all consuming and take immediate action.

This Season of Sharing, I am going to stay focused, centered and peaceful.  Remembering, to nourish things of value on my plate, will strengthen and sustain me only, if I reject piling on other stuff that hinders my wellness and spiritual growth.