Branded Food

When did food become so commercial?...*sips from chai latte from Starbucks* I mean really, how has food become like the car you drive or the shoes on your feet? What happened to just eating when you are hungry? Food was just food.  Suddenly everyone is up in your business about what "brand" of food crossed your lips to your tummy.Like I said, it like shoes. If you wear a great brand people can tell you paid a pretty penny for them. The car you drive, fancy logo, nice paint job, people like your car.

Lets take Starbucks for example. Do people really like coffee that much? Or is the feeling of being hip and cool holding your Skinny Mocha Frappa Latte with two pumps no foam? Heck do you even know what you are drinking? Sure, I love my Chai Tea Latte with extra chai, from Starbucks, but I also make a great one at home. I didn't start going to Starbucks until everyone else was raving how awesome it is. Now if anyone shows up with generic gas station coffee people pity you for being broke or think your are tasteless fool who doesn't understand style. Don't you know your cup should sport a weird green woman logo?!

Maybe it is just me, but even water gets branded and fashionable. "Oh I don't like Target generic brand. It has odd taste. I only buy Figi Water. You know the one with the square shaped bottle?"

I would so be that person if asked, "What kind of water do you drink?" I would answer, "Uh, the drinkable kind?" followed by a blank stare. 

It kind of reminded me of the movie the Lorax, where a the evil company was trying to get people to buy bottled air. Its just air! But now its in a fancy bottle! Starbucks is just coffee! But you can now feel cool drinking coffee!.
So I leave you off with my random thoughts as I drink my Starbucks Chair Tea Latte with extra shot of Chai and feelng cool. 

Simple Loving is Enough

"Sometimes saying nothing is best thing, and simply loving them is enough." My best friend once said this to me when I got all heated over something and had to tell my best friend about. What I love about my best friend is that though I want her to always agree with me and back me up with, "Yeah, let go tp that person's house, the one who cut you off today!" She doesn't. Half the time she gives a gentle correction, but mostly she says nothing letting me rant until I realize my problem wasn't really a problem.

Sometimes simply continuing to love someone is the best answer when someone does something wrong or makes mistake. People forget that mistakes can be very beautiful things. A single mom loves her child all the same, even if she didn't have "right" relationship done correctly. It is because of her mistakes she works harder and better.

For the thief, after prison realizing what he did was wrong so he wants to do better. Should he allows be considered a thief and hated by society for the rest of his life?

And maybe people in your life right now are making huge mistakes and you have the solution! You can prevent all their problems and fix them! However, what is more effective? Changing the person how you think is best? Or letting them learn from their mistakes and being their at the end to comfort them, by letting become better on their own?

When look back at how Jesus led his life. He wasn't on pulpit preaching loud and proud and pointing fingers. He spoke quietly, in parables and with gentle instruction. Vary rarely did He raise His voice or attack someone for their mistakes. He wasn't there emotion crushing them, making them doubt their faith. He led by example. How does crushing someone soul and heart help them? How destroying them spiritual and emotional effectively "fix" them?

If we go by Christ's example, we are to be loving and caring. We are to comfort those who need it. Weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice!  No we don't always have to agree, and sometimes there are moments to prevent someone from making huge mistakes, like toddlers reaching for hot pot,. But sometimes being silent and loving someone is enough.

Consistently Inconsistent Mom Brain

I am not sure why I work out this way. But sometimes I talk softly in large groups and sometimes I am the loudest person in the room. Sometimes I am the one who takes charge and leads the way in a project and sometimes the one who sits in the back waiting to be called. I love sharing with pretty much everyone, but I also sometimes can be very distant. Its never consistent. I am not sure why  it just happens.

One day I was with my friend and we were the loudest we could be. I made her blush red embarrassed but having a good time. What we were doing is whole post for another day, but let's just leave we were having an awesome day. Th following day at a Bible study I was completely quiet. I had plenty of answers to give when the questions came around. Plenty of chance to volunteer to read verses and there I was quietly seating kinda hoping no one would call upon to speak.

My days seems to flow this way as well. One day I have everything coordinated. Everything has a place and I have a plan set. Everything gets done at its time and on time.  Then the following day I plan the same thing its totally up-heaved. Kids have no shoes and I am driving into to town only to realize why in world am I even going into town? My lists are long and sometimes never even there even though I know I plenty to do. One day I can clean my entire home, the next I can barely keep the dirty dishes balanced just right in the sink. 

Sometimes I wonder why my life goes this way or if any other mothers have this kind of problem. Then I met a few mothers who fell right along side in my life. They were outgoing one moment then completely quiet people the next. Clueless and knowledgeable, crazy and mature, collected and losing it! 

I think this is what they call "Mom Brain". Maybe it is not that we are losing part of our minds when we becomes mothers, parts of it decide to randomly shut down while turning on others. Which is why one moment who can cook a great home cooked meal and the next you can only think of ordering a pizza for dinner. Your brain is all there, but after babies come and the lack of sleep, and hormones your brain suffered. Parts of it light up and other shut down. Which why some moments you have the right answer and have it all put together and the other time you are running against the clock trying to figure out what exactly you are doing. 

No worries mamas. We are a little crazy.

Until another day

Toodles.