Take Time to Eat

I will be the first to admit - I like fast food. I have purposely avoided watching such documentaries as "Super Size Me" because I prefer blissful ignorance when it comes to McDonalds. Their chocolate shakes and apple dippers with caramel are some of God's greatest gifts to us. That being said, I think fast food has robbed us. Not of our health (that's really our own responsibility), but of our time to eat. I think that taking time to eat slowly, intentionally could almost be a spiritual practice. Spending time thinking about where that food came from, all the hands that worked to produce it, not to mention the fact that that food is a gift from the earth. Not that our lives aren't already busy enough, but I think it's worth considering...taking time to eat.