Chocolate

What’s your go-to comfort food?

I dearly love my comfort foods. I probably love comfort in general but I’ll admit I used to not allow myself to enjoy it much.

When I was in the parenting phase, I thought comfort was a luxury I didn’t have time for or could afford, so I went along, going without, often lumping it, for years. No surprize that I was an endurance runner. I’m good at enduring or I was…

But, I’ve changed. I’ve expanded my outlook a little.

Now, I take my comfort very seriously. I’ve learned that when I’m in a comfortable vibrational state, I’m happy. I show up better.

I’ve learned that there is a lot more to life than enduring, in fact, I may have reinvented the endurance process for myself.

Now, I eat what I want and don’t eat what I don’t want. I pay attention to how I’m feeling and when it’s off, I do something different. I excuse myself from things, change the topic, get off the computer or phone, hang out in nature, stay hydrated etc. I put my needs above where I used to put them.

And when I want a food for comfort, I make sure I’m comforted in every way, because if I’m craving comfort, I’ve probably been enduring something uncomfortable for too long.

I once went through a rough patch and regularly made Kate Hepburn brownies. There was a poem I read, that said when you’re feeling down, dress in gray and black, draw the curtains, slump your shoulders, bake a black cake…wallow.

There was something about the list that made me laugh and at the same time want to follow its advice. A sweet surrender. So the brownies became my black cake.