Chia Seeds

A few months ago my daughter introduced me to the health benefits of adding chia seeds to your food. (They also keep you full longer) Then one day she shared a story about seeing something that looked like a gross black caterpillar on a glass. It turned out it was wet chia seeds and they swelled up. (I now know how they keep you full). Now, every time I use them, I remember the "caterpillar".

For breakfast I always have oatmeal and throw in some chia and flax seeds. I make two servings, and before I add the seeds, I put one serving away for the next day. Today I put in the seeds and some bananas before I separated the two servings. After realizing what I did, I pictured opening up the container tomorrow morning to a bunch of "caterpillars". I separated the servings anyway, and put one away. What could I do? I couldn't remove all those seeds, and it still might look okay tomorrow. While washing the dishes I realized I couldn't do anything about it. All I could do was put it in the frig and wait until tomorrow. I dried my hands and went on to my next task, with an "Oh, we'll, we'll see" and didn't give it another thought.

Waiting for something you cannot control hasn't always been one of my virtues. It is only in these last few months I have begun to discover the power that lies in waiting. Recently a wise friend told me to "enjoy my peace" while I was in a waiting period and use the time to attend to all the things I'm involved in during that peacetime, instead of engaging in obsessing, fixing, over-thinking, analyzing, and forcing.

And so, as another day goes by, trying to pick out the seeds is futile, sometimes you have to just dry your hands and let it be, and….I have written.

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