Wishcasting Wednesday - I could nourish my soul, but that's not where my head is...

It's Wednesday.  Not only is it the hump day to the work week, but it's Wishcasting Wednesday.  I love doing this exercise as I'm definitely one of those people who believes that what you put out into the universe is what awaits you, maybe not how or when you expect it, but I believe it happens.

This week's wishcast:  How do you wish to nourish your self?

It's always a little strange how well these questions and wishes fit in with what's been on my mind.  I know that I should focus completely on the mental nourishment, which I do want, but my immediate answer goes to food.  Food has been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember - an enemy, a friend, but never really just nourishment.  I've slowly been learning over the past year as I strive to get healthier that a huge step for me is accepting that food is nourishment for the body the way that words and music nourish me in other ways.  It's neither enemy or friend, just how I choose to think of it.

I have to admit that I don't always nourish myself properly when it comes to food.  Another thing I've been learning on this journey.  I was raised with a mother who harped on every single thing I ate and my weight since I was little kid (even though looking back, I don't think it was necessarily warranted until I was older), but never taught me the proper way to eat or view food.  I'm only now, in my early thirties, learning that the body needs fuel to survive and it's all about what type of fuel I choose to put into it that will help give me energy and make me happier and just provide me with the knowledge I'm doing everything I can not to follow in my parents' footsteps and to live a long life.

My wish is to understand that food is simply nourishment, nothing more.

an important cause...

http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution/petition

Be sure to take a minute and go sign Jamie Oliver's petition to improve the food provided to children within schools.  I'm not a parent, personally, but I can't imagine anyone who thinks it's okay for their children to have pizza for breakfast and to have french fries considered a "vegetable" by the federal standards.

As someone who spent a large portion of her life struggling with her own weight and learning to eat healthy (It's still something I'm working on), I know how important it is to get ingrained with proper eating ideas early on and just how hard it is to work your own way through it.  And I say this as someone who grew up without the types of lunches that seem to run abundant in schools nowadays.  I definitely suggest tuning into an episode of the show - it's eye-opening - but at least, take a minute and make your voice heard.