Fast, slow, calories only or the taste factor. What you eat sometimes says something about you, but it may also say something about your needs at the time.
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If you make a continual diet of fast food with the only variety the name of the fast food joint, you may want to consider for your family’s sake increasing your life insurance. Between the “bad” calories and assumption you’re too busy to slow down (Type A), you’re opening yourself up for major health problems. There are times when a fast food meal is appropriate. There’s no other options; there really isn’t the time or the meal is coming from elsewhere.
A sit down meal, allows time for digestion, reflection. The act of having to use “real” silver and “real” plates reinforces the ritual of the meal and the company. The interaction allowed by having someone else serve the food allows the participants time to interact especially with family style service where the dishes are passed from one person to the next.
Applying it to life, we can’t operate in a continuous rush around mode, there has to be occasional periods of downtime to allow for reflection and digestion of life's experiences.
Reading a book over a week rather than skimming through 200 pages overnight. Absorbing the knowledge rather than skimming the cream.
