When I arrived home this time, my mother looked really weak
and run down. I thought, looking at her, is this it? After eating fruit I sat
by her eating nuts from a bag that I had brought with me. I did not offer her
any because I knew from years of experience that she never takes anything to
eat from me, worrying that I might have touched it with dirty hands. When I was about to get up, she said, what
are you eating? I showed her the bag. She reached in, took one cashew – always
her favorite -- and put it in her mouth. Well folks, it wasn’t just the fact
that she did this that amazed me, though that in itself was amazing. It was the
effect the cashew had on her.
She sat up, her face looked bright; she began to chatter as
usual. It may be an exaggeration but I swear by the power in nuts. They have
become my staple these days. I eat fruit, vegetables, some fish, and nuts. I
have lost three pounds, and I feel better than I ever have. I have more energy
and my brain in not in my stomach, digesting un-nutritious pabulum. If you eat
too many of them, then that will have ill effects, too, mainly weight gain. But
in moderate amounts they are the best sort of calories and fuel.
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