Be Thankful for the food you eat
Food is the fuel for our body. The human body of any age needs food for survival. We can be alive on water also but for how long? When we consume food we feel energetic and strong. Have you ever thought of being thankful for the food you eat?
One lesson life has taught me
During college days, we all like to rush and skip our meals or want to enjoy outside food. One fine day, I was also in a hurry and told Mom to avoid lunch. I planned to have it out with my friends. And as I was getting late, I didn’t have a thing in the morning too. My mom was standing at the door carrying a toast in her hand. “Don’t go empty stomach, at least have a bite.” Her words are still so clear in my mind. I replied that I would see something outside.
At the college, I had 5 classes back to back. I thought I would eat something while waiting at the bus stop. At 1 o’clock, I didn’t feel very hungry so I thought I would go home and eat something. Like this, I kept ignoring the food until I was about to faint on the bus when a lady held me and gave me mango juice.
That day I realised the importance of food in my life and learnt a hard lesson never go out on an empty stomach; you will come back the same way.

Ways to be thankful for food
After that incident, I always took a packet of biscuits or packed a paranthi whenever I had to go out. I try to teach my kids the importance of food and ways to respect the food we get.
- Always take small portions of food on your plate. You can always refill it once you finish. It is better to take it several times rather than wasting food on your plate.
- Whenever kids make faces at the food served to them, I always tell them to taste at least. They may like it also. This way they will be more flexible regarding the choice of food they are offered. Because nature has so many dishes to offer us.
- Whenever kids leave some milk in their glasses, I remind them of the beggars on the road who crave food and milk but don’t get as and when they want. We are truly blessed to have food in our lives and the capacity to buy food in the quantity we want.
- Always make the quantity your family will consume. don’t throw away the food you don’t eat. Instead, give it to somebody outside who is hungry and in need of food.
When someone eats the food you make, you feel great. Same way, God feels great when his given food is eaten by all.
We truly need to be thankful and I loved reading your ways to be thankful. Beautiful post.
Thank You very much.
Lovely post dear. I hv always learned to respect food…no matter how rich or poor..we must respect it. My mom always says its someones days long hard work that comes into our plate…
This is such a wise advice from your mom. Thank you
This is such a beautiful article geethica .. Surrounded by farmers .. I know how much effort .. It goes into creating the food .. Though my child is too young to understand .. I still try making her understand the efforts in making the food .. And she appreciates food better 🙂
Thank you Gayathri
Lovely posts geethica..I always try that my son understands the importance of food and how lucky we are that we are able to have 3meals a day.
Seriously Anubhuti. Thanks
Food is the most important thing and I keep telling my girls about eating healthy and home cooked food, not to waste food etc. But they will also learn with time.
I know their age is to explore things on their own. Thanks dear
My mom always says that we should be thankful for the food on our plate. This is a wonderfully written post Geethica 🙂
Thank you Kavita
So true food is the elixir of life one must respect it. I hate throwing food. I also teach my son to not waste food even though he is a toddler.
That’s nice. What you teach in early years remains there for a lifetime.
I think we all have gone through this and do their is hope for our kids to come around and have healthy eating habits
I know. Thank you Charu.
Such a beautiful post and lovely thoughts you have Geethica. We all should be thankful for the food we eat and to the people who bring that food to us. Thanks for sharing such a lovely post.
You are welcome Neha. I am glad you enjoyed reading my post
Really nice poking G! It’s hard to make kids understand at times but I was one picky eater… songuess kids come around a.
Hehe….. parents can be anything but we still want to instil good habits in kids. Thanks Zainab
very well written geethica we often forget to be thankful to things which are reason of our existence…food wastage is something i hate and avoid it as much as possible ..
Thank you Priyadarshani
oh my ! that’s a hard lesson! but you are so right, we must be thankful for the food we DO have – it is a blessing and a privilege.
That’s true. Thanks dear
So rightly said. Don’t go on empty stomach..Is probably a phrase repeated over generations by all moms in the world. It still happens at my home. We do expect our moms to keep repeating this even though we kNow the side effects of not eating on time. Loved it.
Thanks a lot.
I agree with you Geethica , completely. I say the exact same thing to my daughter when she leaves milk in her glass. It is important to teach children gratitude.
See, through our writings we get to know so many like minded people. Thanks Aesha for visiting.
Don’t waste food is something that I am very particular about. Food is something that we all need to survive and wasting it is like wasting life.
That’s so true. Thanks Neha
Excellent post Geethica.The best part about being alive is the wonderful food we can enjoy.Your story reminds me how moms everywhere is the same.
Seriously Amrita. They teach us so much and we understand them with maturity. Thanks
Thanks Anagha.
In younger days the hunger could wait… and we took food for granted. Such an eye opener experience Geethica.