Life, Death, and the filler in the middle

Insomnia in Farmtown when I don't own a television means I should have plenty of time to update this blog about the lovely food I have been eating, fun on the farm, and my intention to chain myself to a building in an attempt to keep it from being demolished. Or... maybe I will go cook myself a 7 course meal while jamming to Harry Chapin, just for fun. However, for now, I am going to share a conversation that I had with my friend Janel that is too powerful to keep to myself.

Of all things, we were speaking about death, but more importantly the life that happens before death. This is how she explained her viewpoint on the subject to her son, and to me.

We are invisible beings. On earth we have put on our coats so others can see us, our skin is our coat. When we die we take off our coats, leave our skins behind and return to where we came from. A full circle. While we are on earth we are here to choose God or not choose God, everything else is just filler. That simple.

Wow! I am quite certain her idea of choosing "God" was Jesus Christ. However, no matter who God is to you- love, beauty, peace, hope, compassion, a force that inspires you to do no harm to others - life really can be that simple. Do you choose it or not? For me, at the core, God is love. Do I choose to love and be loved or do I not? I can tell you what I want my choice to be, but getting off the fence is, at times, a scary proposition.

Too often, it is easy to get caught up in the filler of life. We allow ourselves to worry about all the "stuff" and we lose sight of the basics. Whatever it is that moves us, we should allow it to move us without all the noise that can become so distracting.

Cheers, Happy Eats, and Happy Simplicity!

Lucinda