Gut intuition, primal instinct, intuitive eating — have we lost these innate skills and these abilities when it comes to eating? We no longer need to dedicate our entire day to growing, reaping and processing our own food as they did in the pioneer days (thank goodness, since my thumb is anything but green). The world seems to be spinning faster and we are all so very busy, but in all the hustle and bustle, we seem to have lost one of our most basic instincts of all: how to nourish ourselves. Living in a fast-paced world where most things can either be sent or delivered to us within a few moments or few days’ notice, it seems as though our survival instincts have dwindled beyond repair.
We depend on others for survival so much so that we have become vulnerable. Faced with a missing link in the supply chain, such as the one that COVID provided, and our lack is proven. Many of us don’t have the capacity to obtain all of the items on which we have come to rely without the help of others (thank you, farmers and transporters!).
During a quick trip to the supermarket just the other day, my mom loaded her dog in the car and left the windows down slightly for air while she dashed into the store. Another dash into the post office and one more to the town recycling center and my mom returned home..
..to an empty car and no pooch.
A 24-hour search ensued. Flyers were plastered locally and Facebook shares alerted friends and strangers alike to the fact that this little 40-pound dog,.