Forgive yourself your "fall out of the waggon"

[LightLover]

* I see a lot of stress on this forum sometimes, when people "fall
of the waggon", so I want to bring in some relaxation-points. :)

I am not at all discouriging eating raw, so please don't read it like this,
but stress can maybe be more damaging than a little non-raw by mistake,
and i am sorry to see people suffer...
So don't suffer to much for your mistakes, that's what I am talking about

* I am not sure if nature has the highest possible positive purposes with us, it can be that she is totally nonchalant about the extention of our life, and just wants us to live long enough to pass our genes to the next generation,
and play grandmother/father for a little while.
We don't know if we are alone or not..
* In that case (nature being nonchalant..) it can be that humans themselves
have to do extra efforts upon/above nature's ones, to live an optimal life, and
these are not arguments in favor of living completely in line with nature
(raw, not eating synthetics..etc...)
* Nor is it said that when we sometimes fall out of our raw programm,
this is in every way a disaster; we can see ourselves for a part as a sacrifice
that we bring to the people of the future: our bodies will also slowly accustom to our mistakes if we make these long enough, and after a period
the weight of these errors will be less. What's wrong now, can be more innocent after a few centuries.
* And can it be, if we will eat completely like chimpansees, we will regress
and will look similiar with chimp's after a while? Not that we are higher now..
You will become what you eat, as you are what you eat?
But: As all these points are not so clear, and valid arguments can be made for the opposite view, it seems and feels more logic to begin in line with our source, and that's being/eating natural.
That's my main point: Begin at the right point,where we end up we will not know, and try to see everything a little relaxed :) and inline

[Pixie]

Thanks for the post, LightLover. It came just at the right time for me, as I have just fallen off the raw wagon, after I had been so sure that it was finally the right time for me to get online here and take and succeed at the 30 day challenge. It's made me feel like such a failure. I'm trying to not be too hard on myself, though - I don't want to feel like I'm becoming some kind of obsessive about raw eating.

I didn't really understand all of what you were saying, but sometimes I feel like I am up against something I can't really control - nature or whatever. My kids, for example, are far wiser than I and have some kind of built-in wisdom and strength that I don't have. Like when they get sick, which they have been the past few days, they quit drinking and eating and just rest until they're well enough, then slowly start up again with fresh juices, then fruit, etc. I've never done that when I've been sick. When I get sick or stressed out or whatever, I tend to try and make all the bad feelings go away by numbing myself with food. Maybe this isn't really related to what you were saying, I don't know. I really just feel sometimes like I'm swimming against some kind of current, whatever it may be. That's good advice, though, to try and see everything a little more relaxed. ;)

[adrienne]

thank you LL
that was an awesome, thoughtful post
really appreciate it!

[LightLover]

Thanks Adrienne, I am glad with your reply :D

I am so glad with the Internet...it's a place where my home is..

I will start a new thread about the difference between Internet
and "television" and what It means for "direct democracy" and how Internet
is the only chance to change the world

hope you will join and will read with me.. :D

[LightLover]

Thanks for the post, LightLover. It came just at the right time for me, as I have just fallen off the raw wagon, after I had been so sure that it was finally the right time for me to get online here and take and succeed at the 30 day challenge. It's made me feel like such a failure. I'm trying to not be too hard on myself, though - I don't want to feel like I'm becoming some kind of obsessive about raw eating.

I didn't really understand all of what you were saying, but sometimes I feel like I am up against something I can't really control - nature or whatever. My kids, for example, are far wiser than I and have some kind of built-in wisdom and strength that I don't have. Like when they get sick, which they have been the past few days, they quit drinking and eating and just rest until they're well enough, then slowly start up again with fresh juices, then fruit, etc. I've never done that when I've been sick. When I get sick or stressed out or whatever, I tend to try and make all the bad feelings go away by numbing myself with food. Maybe this isn't really related to what you were saying, I don't know. I really just feel sometimes like I'm swimming against some kind of current, whatever it may be. That's good advice, though, to try and see everything a little more relaxed. ;)

* Pixie, You and I are just a splinter trying to be connected to the whole
Be glad with some glue :D

LL