“Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
- Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower”
Source: Sonnets to Orpheus
“It’s easy to confuse hunger with other emotional states.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“We eat so often and so much because we have more or less lost touch with the signals our body is sending us about hunger.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“Up until the age of three, children have a remarkable ability to stop eating when they are full.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“The loss of hunger regulation after the age of four is a phenomenon that transcends cultures and continents.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“From childhood onwards, our idea of fullness is heavily influenced by how much food we are offered.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“We need new eating methods to take account of the new ways we are being supplied with food.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“It’s a chancy business, taking our cues about how much to consume from our surroundings.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“Avoid ‘distracting’ meals such as TV dinners and computer lunches. replace the biscuit jar with a fruit bowl. Repackage food into smaller containers. Order half-size portions in restaurants. Replace short wide glasses with tall narrow ones. And get smaller plates.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“Many parents, especially those who themselves struggle with their weight, believe that a child is incapable of self-control when it comes to eating.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat