Happy Little Trees

Being a hungry American is pretty much an oxymoron. Most of the time, we lounge in stuffed-ness. And we spend a ton of time and money trying to figure out ways to eat less while a huge percentage of the rest of the world tries to figure out how to get a meal that day.

Wouldn't it be kind of cool if there was a restaurant where you went and ate really small portions, but donated the remainder of a specific meal to a satelitte restaurant across the world? And maybe you could eat together via webcam with the person who really needed a meal. I bet we'd lose weight, and the person who was hungry would have a meal, and maybe you'd even become regular cyber dinner friends. We'd meet in the middle so-to-speak. (That might be a good name for the place--Meet in the Middle--reference the act and the stomach. I like that.)

There is so much food that is wasted in the US. So much food everywhere. We've taken a good thing and have sinned with our excess and even our food preparation. We've taken what God made good and made food into a fried type of drug that we crave.

I originally started writing this post because I was hungry. And then I thought that sounded just plain silly and very unaware of me.