BREAD=ME
The seed company of 1000
sold seed to the farmers of 1000
who hired transportation of 1000
to move the grain to a silo on a farm of 600
who hired transportation of 1000
to move the grain to the processing plant of 5000
who hired transportation of 1500
to move the bread to a distribution site of 5000
who hired transportation of 2000
to move the bread to stores of 14,000
who sold the bread to me,
After 32,000 people
planted, watered, harvested, moved, touched, scooped, scrapped, baked, wrapped, tied, held, packed, unpacked, stored, repacked, priced, stacked and sold the loaf of bread.
And of course, to add to the list the other people, security including; fire, police and private, water companies, utility companies, workers comp and insurance companies, land holders and landlords, automotive manufactures, tractor and farm equipment companies, paper and packing supply companies, families, friends, plants, animals, the moon, sun, stars, earth, water, natural resources and the list goes on and on - To where if I continue you and I are connected to the success of one loaf of bread. Just like my life, I am an accumulation of all people living and non-living. We are joined by a seed of similarity and spirit. Connecting the fibers of the simple web of life I am reverent about noticing the bread in the store and seeing my face reflected from the wrapper. The bread was my mirror! Fantastic, "I thought, as I noticed the same; baked, over baked, raw, white, wheat, dark, crunchy, smooth, lumpy, hard, soft, whole, salted, fat reduced, fat removed, grains, multi-grains, seeds, flax, wheat, rye, oat, potato, living yeast, amaranth, sweet, sorghum, honey, French, Italian, American, deep fried, boiled, dunked, nutritional, purified, processed, roll, baguette, loaf, sliced, dried, dunked, balled, de-crusted, imported, pressed, risen, rolled, spun and nutty." Just like Me!
Stuck to the loaf of bread wrapper was a neon, orange sticker that read; $l.29. Something seemed strangely odd to me about this price, label and color. Why, 32,000 people had something to do with this package of bread and the sale price was $1.29! WHAT! With this, I stopped in my tracks and walked out of the store with something to Wonder about my life.
