Day 5 and 6!!! Is this really working?

"Mommy I know that people don't have food but I don't even like rice and beans anyways." This is a comment that came from my 4 year old as he stood in front of me with his hands on his hips (wonder were he has seen that pose) and looked me straight in the eyes. This conversation went through my mind: This is so not working, why are we doing this again? If one more person asks me what we are having for dinner, as if the 5 answers before weren't good enough, I think I am going to. . . wait. . . is this working? What kind of question is that? Am I really expecting my kids to get this when I can't even get it. And do we really have to get this, all that it means, all that it is teaching us, all it's implications? No, I won't, we won't really get it. When we as Americans can pretty much go to any shelter, soup kitchen, church, or even work a street corner as a beggar and have our needs met, I can not say that I get it or that I may ever get it. I am rich beyond imagination. My only prayer is that god would make me more aware of my need for understanding, for compassion, for humility.