I'm throwing this out like a kite and seeing what I get back...

[RawKate]

Hello Everyone. Where to begin? ... It seems as though I have been numbing out the world because I have been so overwhelmed. I was 100% alive for approximately 9 months. I am 21, just moved into my first apartment, and I am feeling very overwhelmed. I feel like I need some sort of guidance. Some structure. Or a FRIEND, a PARTNER IN CRIME that is ALIVE like me!! Truly Alive. I have been eating cooked vegan foods, and I tried pretending that these ways are healthy.. but no, my body is reminding me, loud and clear that I am DEAD WRONG.. for the first time, since my first major detox, I got sick. Like sinus, snuffle, sensitive skin, cough, and headache, can't go to work sick. I want to be surrounded by things that uplift me. I want every situation to be alright and cool. My family thinks I am semi-crazy when I eat all alive foods.. I want them to be accepting and nice/supportive. And where are the healthy, young living folks around this town? So many kids drink and smoke, and eat in an unfavorable manor. I want healthy, fun friends!! Or even better, STAY ALIVE IN A WORLD OF OPPOSING FACTORS. I love my friends who make poor health choices, but I still want to be able to connect with them and love them while being high vibe and rawkin' at the same time. That would be awesome.... So all I gotta say is that I am BACK, BABY. LIVING, ALIVE, AND HIGH VIBE RAW. I love life too much to sit here and watch it go by. I WANT TO BREATHE, LIVE, AND MAKE LOVE TO THIS LIFE. BE ONE WITH THIS WORLD, THIS BEAUTIFUL EARTH, AND FEEL THE LIVING JOY!.... I want to live again. A green smoothie feast is so sweetly calling my name. I want confidence in living foods, and confidence in a world so crazy... & I just thought of something... I make the rules...;)

[Aleesha Sattva]

they get to make their choices... and you get to make yours. if you want them to accept your choices, perhaps you could begin by accepting theirs.

as a good friends tells me often: remember to stay in your business and let other people stay in theirs. (the work - byron katie)

[Jovana]

I agree... while my friends are being FAR from supportive on my journey, I don't mind what they eat or do. I am very non-judgemental. :)

I understand your need to flock with people similiar to you though. I guess that's the beauty of the internet, you can find supportive companionship wherever you are in the world!

[margoss]

I agree also..I've began taking things other than salad to a prayer group. It's 'fresh uncooked produce'. They are looking but that's it. In their minds, 'if we're not with them..we're against them'. No one likes others who makes their weaknesses stand out. It's like when someone quits smoking..the smokers will usually say, "well, don't think I'm going to quit!" No one has an issue with people eating just a salad.

[D'vorah]

No one has an issue with people eating just a salad.

I've experienced otherwise. It's hard to go against the flow sometimes.

Deborah