It was no where close to a perfect start, but I feel like we are getting the hang of this. I'm going to start keeping a more accurate tally. However, closing into the end of January and the list of spoilage is as follows:
10 or 15 strawberries
- a small handful of blueberries
- 2 pears
- several clementines....which I think may have come into the house already dead
- 2 apples
- half a recipe of dilled chicken noodle casserole that got stranded at school during the snow days
- about a quarter of a dish of chinese chicken lo mein that I forgot about until it was too late.
- two slices of homemade bread that went fuzzy
Food spoilage and articles stranded, lost or forgotten is Life's way of reminding us of how much of too much we have. Of how most of the time we see "things" as something other than our selves and therefore, forgettable and not deserving of simple attention which is nothing other than respect and care. Attention is a treasure enriching/benefitting all of life.
ReplyDelete"Next to the temple on Bush Street was a grocery store run by an old woman. Suzuki Roshi used to buy the old vegetables there. Finally one day the woman said, “Here are some fresh ones. Why don’t you take them?” “The fresh ones will be bought anyway,” he answered her."
Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (p. 32). Shambhala. Kindle Edition.