Even though, and maybe because, I am the youngest member of my book club from church Kjerrensleppets (supposedly translated loose women), I find these women remarkable and hope I am as knowledgeable and compassionate when I am older. Each month I am fascinated by one of these women. Last night it was a 70+ year old lady. A group of us were talking about The Omnivore's Dilemma. The conversation naturally progressed to organic food. As we were talking about the good and bad about Whole Foods, and the importance of buying locally primarily with organic foods, the 70+ lady talked about how she shops at the Linden Hills Coop and the Wedge Coop. She talked about her goal to buy 60% of her food from a 300 mile radius. This doesn't mean she shops a 300 mile radius, this means the food was grown or raised within 300 miles. Another lady said, "What about my mangos?" Of course she was answered with the fact that it is only 60% of the food. This is a great goal. I really need to set a goal and do better with my shopping.
Today I went back to the interweb to find out what I could post about that would relate to sankalpa . "...Sankalpa has the potential to release tremendous power by clearly defining and focusing on a chosen goal." My chosen goal since May has truly been on being physically active. Since it's cold and miserable out, I've been being active inside instead of outside. December 6th (or something like that) was the last time I ventured outside for physical activity. I, however, have still been going to they gym and focusing on being physically fit (or at least burning enough calories to eat more food). Yesterday I received an early morning text from a friend in God's Country . President Obama was talking about "The President's Challenge" . Today (I tried yesterday and decided to put it off until today... forget out it... let it happen... put it aside... clear my mind of it... all probably sankalpa) I formed a group. The...
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