Too Much Food

Most of my food restrictions have been lifted. Which is a wonderful
thing. Except now I am in the Land of Choices. And I get stumped as
to What to Eat. For lunch, do I go out? Do I have Chinese? Do I have
pizza? Do I stay home and have a bagel? Eggs? The choices seem endless
and sometimes it's hard. And what do I make for dinner now that I can cook?

Seems silly - deciding what to eat. But after months of frozen food, this is
where I am.  Having too many choices about food.

Which got me to thinking. This Friday starts the most well known Jewish Fast Day,
Yom Kippur.  We fast and atone for sins committed in the past year.
I'm not going to dwell too much on my sins this year, because I've had
such a difficult year overall, I just can't bring myself to sit there and wonder where
I went wrong. I think G-d will understand. And I cannot fast
anymore, although I did when I was younger. However, I do eat more spartan meals.

But as I sit, I do a lot of thinking about communities near us and far away who do not have
the food choice dilema that I am now facing. Who wonder when their next meal will
be. And after so many disasters in September - Houston, Mexico, Florida, Puerto Rico,
I know there are a lot of folks out there that are thinking about their next meal and how
to get it.

So I would encourage you, next time you look in your fridge and see so much food, to
give a thought to those around us, some of whom are in your town, who do not have
enough food. Contact your local food bank, a food bank in one of the areas recently
affected by disaster, a reliable charity. See if you can make a difference to someone's
life.

I know that this year, as I ponder my own situation, I hope that I will be able to help out
as many people as I can in the coming year. I think it's a good goal to have. To repair the
world, even if it's just a little bit.