Watching the news and hearing the words: “Stores in Japan are running out of bottled water,” made me stop dead in my tracks. Imagine not being able to consume the most basic of human needs and fearing that just taking a sip from your own faucet could have severe consequences to your or your child’s health.
Having a food blog, I am extra aware of the abundance of ingredients and food we, as a country, have the luxury of indulging in as we please. I then realized that Japan had just as many choices, it is not a third world country, and how everything changed for them in a split second.
This really made me stop and reflect on how lucky I am and that we need to care for this earth because it can turn on us with no warning. Although, to be fair, it has been warning us. This earth that sustains us is trying its hardest to fight against what we are putting it through and sometimes it needs to fight back. We need to learn to appreciate what we have and what is grown locally around us before we try to take in what is not meant for us. I mean, the weather has been out of control, it has snowed here, in the first week of spring, for the last three days. And not just snow, but hail and thunderstorms as well. This is a warning to us all.
The tragedy in Japan is heartbreaking and it could have happened in any country. And what can we do, you may ask. There are several charities you can look up, such as red cross, or restaurants that are donating money from meals. However the least we, as humanity, can do is stop, look around us, and realize how fragile life is and tell the ones that are important to us that we love them and they are in our hearts no matter how near or far. So gather your family, friends, or both and break some bread, hopefully at a restaurant the benefits Japan. (And, buy more local ingredients).
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