Chewing Gum

"What is this?" asks Alice, as she's handed a piece of gum. "Do you mean I chew without swallowing?"

"How absurd! What could be the point?"*

How far we have come from the concept of eating to live. We are stuck in automatic pilot to the point that our actions no longer make sense. To wit, we

Chew without eating
Speak without communicating
Hear without listening
Look without seeing and
Touch without feeling.

But we can transform our actions if we so desire. We can relearn how to live. What we need to do is

STOP
THINK
and CHOOSE how we want to be
Only then are we truly free.


* Adapted from Alice I Have Been, by Melanie Benjamin.