I am really struggling with myself these days. I want to be positive and optimistic, to move forward to make my and other peoples lives better. While I want to do this I can not ignore the fact (as much as I would like to) that:
And these are just a very few low lights of the many horrible things that are happening now. I would love to just ignore them and go on with “my life” as if nothing is happening as so many people do, but I am not that person. It is tearing me apart. But what can I do? Calling and writing our “elected representatives” clearly does nothing these days because they are making themselves more wealthy and powerful by serving their corporate overlords rather than representing us or being decent ethical human beings. Posting memes and links on social media to bolster my positions only make those who agree feel good and those who disagree mad, alienated, and dig further into their positions, it does not open up dialog or understanding. Calling those who disagree stupid, pointing out why I think they are wrong does not bring us together, It just serves to further divide us. And thus those few in power gain even far greater power when we the people are more divided rather than united. And this is a major part of why I don’t do that anymore, because I understand that underneath all of our strongly held even if opposing views on things we are ALL humans with basically the same needs and hopes, we are all far, far more alike than we are different even if circumstances in our lives have caused us to see things very much differently. But while I get that I also feel that not posting those memes especially protesting things like what our government is doing putting children into cages, is making me in some way complicit in that because I feel like I am doing nothing. And it’s tearing me up, making me depressed, keeping my from effectively moving forward, BUT posting those things, making those calls to our “representatives” focusing my thoughts and energy on that was doing the exact same thing to me. And it wasn’t changing anything. I have got to find a better way to handle this horrible reality that we are living in.
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This meme is a bit toned down from the one that inspired it, I mean often these thoughts make it seem like all you have to do is think the right thoughts and success is guaranteed and that's not true at all.
But it is very true that what we feed our mind is very important. It's why I don't watch TV and why I try to be careful of what I do watch and read. An excellent documentary on how what we watch and listen to effects us is The Brainwashing of My Dad documentary by filmmaker, Jen Senko while her focus is on right-wing media and how it affected her dad, how he changed and then changed again based on the media that he was exposed to is what really impacted me even more than the type of exposure itself. It really hit home to me how what we are exposed to effects us. It does explain a lot about personal success/failure, politics, religion, and a whole lot more. It’s time for a challenge update!
Almost a month has passed since my last update (WOW!) and I have only lost three more pounds, but the key here is that I am still down, I haven’t gained any weight back even with some real cheating! I have decided to make some changes with the nutritional products I am using to help me achieve my goal. Not that I what I was using was bad, I think they are excellent products that have stood the test of time and research, plus I was making real progress with them. Still I have long been uncomfortable using nutritional products that are broken down into components such as individual vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. without a trained health professionals direction or more education than I have. I know there is research that shows (for example) that just because vitamin C is good for you that doesn’t mean that a lot of an isolated vitamin C is also good for you. Taking nutritional products is not the same as eating food. That doesn’t make them bad, I knew these products have been proven to be good overtime with research etc. But I think they should be treated more like medicine than food. But I also know that I need to improve my health including losing weight. I was doing both with them so I wasn’t really looking to change anything, but because they are supplements, I wasn’t totally comfortable either. Then I saw a post about what someone who is following my dream (Full time RV living) is doing and I decided to investigate it, and then make a change. Why? Basically because it made far more sense to me and it is backed by even more scientific research. These products are not breaking whole foods down into isolated, individual components such as vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. They ARE whole foods with all the trace and complementary components that whole foods should have in place. They have food product labels not nutritional supplement labels, because they are whole food! (why, oh why, didn’t I find this years ago?) It’s fruits and vegetables that I need available (thanks to science) in a way that I know I will consume easily with no fuss or muss. I have been terrible about eating fruits and vegetables, OK actually much worse than terrible. And I yes I know that I need them. But not being able to do nuts or seeds also makes that even more of a challenge. Now I am getting more than thirty fruits and vegetables a day in a way that is soooo completely doable, affordable, and convenient for me. I also know that what I am getting is far better because of how they are grown and processed then I could from ANY supermarket produce isle and probably better than if I grew them myself! I am still doing two shakes a day and I’m loving these even more! I keep hearing that to loose weight you should not eat after 6 pm, well since I work until 11 pm have my dinner at 8 pm and can’t seem to go to bed (typically between 1 and 2 am) after I get home without eating something, that not eating after 6 pm thing just isn’t working out for me at this point in my life. So my main goal right now is to take other steps I can to improve my health. I am NOT giving up on weight loss, but I think as my fruit and veggie intake improves other good things are more likely to happen. This improvement on getting my fruits and veggies is a BIG step. I think my next step will be more exercise. Over all I know I am doing much better, I am happy, and thanks for your support! |
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