“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” ~ The Buddha
If you've spent any amount of time on the interwebs researching diets or nutrition, you've undoubtably heard of the term "clean eating."
Basically, if it doesn't come from the earth or have a mama, chances are the food you're eating isn't "clean."
If it comes in a bag/box/can, has several ingredients that you can't pronounce, comes in a color that has yet to be found in nature, contains dyes, additives, preservatives.... you get the point.... It isn't clean.
And, yeah, I'm all over the clean-eating concept. I think it makes sense. I think it's simple enough to actually follow.
I like the way eating clean makes me feel.
Yes, back to the acknowledging the way things feel.
It's so important. So empowering.
Because, really, even thinking about eating a big ol' bag of Cheetos (delicious, delicious Cheetos) makes me feel, well, bleh.
Thanks to the awareness I personally have of the legitimacy of consuming real, aka "clean," food, I really can't even justify the purchase of Cheetos (or any other bright/crunchy/highly addictive/questionably processed product), simply because ingesting that doesn't make me feel clean.
And let's think about clean.
It goes so much further than eating, so much deeper than sparkling countertops and grime-free fingernails.
Clean is desirable.
Clean is alive.
Clean is freedom.
Clean conscious
Clean slate
Clean attitude
Clean aura
Clean thoughts
Fresh.
Vibrant.
Intentional.
Purposeful.
Let's consider the immense effects of what we put into and onto our bodies, the thoughts we tell ourselves, the way we treat strangers, the dullness of stagnation....
The things we can do to affect the many facets of cleanliness in our lives.
How does it feel to you to be clean?
On Being Clean