My last post (I wrote it moments ago) addressed, in part, making a difference in the lives of some.
I am happy and thankful for the over 35,000 blog views that I have received. Perhaps there are more at your reading of this. Let's hope so. :-)
So here's the question:
SHOULD I WRITE A BOOK?
If you think, and you would like to let me know, you might like to drop an email my way. It would mean a lot and I would appreciate your note. My email is:
mike93108
at
gmail
There's a lot more to this story than what I shared here. To modern speak; Just sayin'
Thursday, August 20, 2015
IN DEFENSE OF MY FAST -or- A lesson in "vocabulary", And a response to emails that I've received
Someone told me that you know when you have done something significant because people you will hear people criticize you and what you've done. I guess that is true with what I've done here.
NEWBIES: If you're just joining us, I'd encourage you to read this blog from the first entry, but in summary, I lost 45 pounds in total with a jump start of having lost 35 pounds in 2 months drinking nothing but homemade soup broth, yes just the broth, on a doctor supervised broth fast to fix a number of significant health issues that I had been facing. It was only the beginning of a changed life. The story, at this point, is only a little over 70 posts long, like a very short book. I'd encourage you to read it all.
Now back to our story.
Recently, I received two emails. The first one that I'll mention was very sweet and heartwarming from a lady who read all of the posts here. This is the first bit from the email that she wrote to me:
"My name is Amy and I discovered your blog about 6 months ago. I read it with enthusiasm and loved to hear your stories. I am now wanting very much to start a broth fast as a catalyst for change in my own life."
That email meant SO much to me. It really inspired me to write more, and I really enjoyed writing back to her and her husband. And she asked questions. Asked for my advice or opinions about a few things related to this. And she also added that she wanted to know some specific soup recipes (a common inquiry). But it was just that she wrote to me at all that made me feel so good. She was and is an encouragement to me. You see, I want to make a difference. I think that this is my main goal in life... To make a difference. Amy and her husband's note showed me that I am having an impact on somebody for "good". Actually, Amy is the real motivation for writing this post today. So, Thanks Amy!! Your note of encouragement has done wonders for me.
And as they say in the boxing ring, "And in this corner... (he says with his best Howard Cosell) weighing in at some unknown weight is the opponent" Amy's opponent, and I guess mine, was from someone who manages a Fasting website. I wrote in their forum about what I had done, believing that it would be helpful or motivating to readers. And then I received an email entitled "Topic Disapproved" Stating, among other things:
"30 days is ridiculous and unhealthy."
I felt like...thank you for your ignorant commentary on my doctor recommended and supervised method for providing me with complete healing, and transformation, from what was in the past a very unhealthy life. I use the word "ignorance" because clearly this person didn't and couldn't have read my complete blog, and doubtful they read any of it, to make that determination. Noah Webster defines Ignorance as: "lack of knowledge, education, or awareness" Webster is right...a "lack of knowledge". It is doubtful that this individual possessed knowledge in the area of not only my personal story, but also about Cushing's disease and hyper-cortisolism. It is doubtful that they studied disease at UCLA after UCLA graduated them as a Medical Doctor. Here is the response I wrote to their email saying that my topic about weight loss was disapproved:
"That's fine but it was fully doctor supervised. I had Cushing's Syndrome. Before the fast I was fat, diabetic, cholesterol over 350, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and impotence.
I've lost 45 pounds, kept it off for 2 years, my cholesterol dropped to 182. My blood pressure dropped 30 points, my diabetes is gone and my numbers are normal at A1C of 5.7. I don't have sleep apnea any more and I am as sexual solid as I was when I was in my 20s. Overall, I am much healthier than I ever have been.
My body was addicted to cortisol and that is no longer an issue.
I appreciate your website and the help that you are providing to many. But you are missing a lot of data to say that what I did was ridiculous or unhealthy. Furthermore it's not that uncommon. Whether it's a vegetable juice fast or a soup broth fast, there are many who have done this who were very sick, like me, and now live very healthy lives. I'm 50 years old and went from working at a desk to losing weight. And then after that I got a job working at a high volume large restaurant as a waiter. I work with all 20-something's and keep up with them just fine. It is very physically demanding and I handle it just fine. (And I go dancing with them after work)
So, I understand your forum rules and hopefully you understand a little bit more about what I did, the results, and why.
Best of luck to you with your project. I'm sure that you are helping many people."
Although my topic was "Disapproved", I guess that shows that I have done something "significant" in the lives of some.
For anyone who opposes what I did, I refer you to the wise Native American counsel: "Don't criticize a man until you have walked 2 moons in their moccasins" and the addendum "walk in an other man's moccasins so you know where they pinch".
I did what I believed was right given the alternatives that I researched with the help of a wise doctor to my "unhealthy" state at that time. And with regard to the reference of what I did as "ridiculous", I would point us back to that same dictionary that tell us that "ridiculous" stems from the word "ridicule" defined as:the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : harsh comments made by people who are laughing at someone or something. I guess "ridiculous" might be an accurate statement, but then again it depends on how it's used. The manager of the fasting site did provide "ridicule" of me. But I provide no ridicule of what anyone does that takes them from a place of disease and unhealth to a place on healing and health.
PS: Thanks Amy for not "disapproving" of what I did, and also for your wise lack of "ridicule".
NEWBIES: If you're just joining us, I'd encourage you to read this blog from the first entry, but in summary, I lost 45 pounds in total with a jump start of having lost 35 pounds in 2 months drinking nothing but homemade soup broth, yes just the broth, on a doctor supervised broth fast to fix a number of significant health issues that I had been facing. It was only the beginning of a changed life. The story, at this point, is only a little over 70 posts long, like a very short book. I'd encourage you to read it all.
Now back to our story.
Recently, I received two emails. The first one that I'll mention was very sweet and heartwarming from a lady who read all of the posts here. This is the first bit from the email that she wrote to me:
"My name is Amy and I discovered your blog about 6 months ago. I read it with enthusiasm and loved to hear your stories. I am now wanting very much to start a broth fast as a catalyst for change in my own life."
That email meant SO much to me. It really inspired me to write more, and I really enjoyed writing back to her and her husband. And she asked questions. Asked for my advice or opinions about a few things related to this. And she also added that she wanted to know some specific soup recipes (a common inquiry). But it was just that she wrote to me at all that made me feel so good. She was and is an encouragement to me. You see, I want to make a difference. I think that this is my main goal in life... To make a difference. Amy and her husband's note showed me that I am having an impact on somebody for "good". Actually, Amy is the real motivation for writing this post today. So, Thanks Amy!! Your note of encouragement has done wonders for me.
And as they say in the boxing ring, "And in this corner... (he says with his best Howard Cosell) weighing in at some unknown weight is the opponent" Amy's opponent, and I guess mine, was from someone who manages a Fasting website. I wrote in their forum about what I had done, believing that it would be helpful or motivating to readers. And then I received an email entitled "Topic Disapproved" Stating, among other things:
"30 days is ridiculous and unhealthy."
I felt like...thank you for your ignorant commentary on my doctor recommended and supervised method for providing me with complete healing, and transformation, from what was in the past a very unhealthy life. I use the word "ignorance" because clearly this person didn't and couldn't have read my complete blog, and doubtful they read any of it, to make that determination. Noah Webster defines Ignorance as: "lack of knowledge, education, or awareness" Webster is right...a "lack of knowledge". It is doubtful that this individual possessed knowledge in the area of not only my personal story, but also about Cushing's disease and hyper-cortisolism. It is doubtful that they studied disease at UCLA after UCLA graduated them as a Medical Doctor. Here is the response I wrote to their email saying that my topic about weight loss was disapproved:
"That's fine but it was fully doctor supervised. I had Cushing's Syndrome. Before the fast I was fat, diabetic, cholesterol over 350, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and impotence.
I've lost 45 pounds, kept it off for 2 years, my cholesterol dropped to 182. My blood pressure dropped 30 points, my diabetes is gone and my numbers are normal at A1C of 5.7. I don't have sleep apnea any more and I am as sexual solid as I was when I was in my 20s. Overall, I am much healthier than I ever have been.
My body was addicted to cortisol and that is no longer an issue.
I appreciate your website and the help that you are providing to many. But you are missing a lot of data to say that what I did was ridiculous or unhealthy. Furthermore it's not that uncommon. Whether it's a vegetable juice fast or a soup broth fast, there are many who have done this who were very sick, like me, and now live very healthy lives. I'm 50 years old and went from working at a desk to losing weight. And then after that I got a job working at a high volume large restaurant as a waiter. I work with all 20-something's and keep up with them just fine. It is very physically demanding and I handle it just fine. (And I go dancing with them after work)
So, I understand your forum rules and hopefully you understand a little bit more about what I did, the results, and why.
Best of luck to you with your project. I'm sure that you are helping many people."
Although my topic was "Disapproved", I guess that shows that I have done something "significant" in the lives of some.
For anyone who opposes what I did, I refer you to the wise Native American counsel: "Don't criticize a man until you have walked 2 moons in their moccasins" and the addendum "walk in an other man's moccasins so you know where they pinch".
I did what I believed was right given the alternatives that I researched with the help of a wise doctor to my "unhealthy" state at that time. And with regard to the reference of what I did as "ridiculous", I would point us back to that same dictionary that tell us that "ridiculous" stems from the word "ridicule" defined as:the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : harsh comments made by people who are laughing at someone or something. I guess "ridiculous" might be an accurate statement, but then again it depends on how it's used. The manager of the fasting site did provide "ridicule" of me. But I provide no ridicule of what anyone does that takes them from a place of disease and unhealth to a place on healing and health.
PS: Thanks Amy for not "disapproving" of what I did, and also for your wise lack of "ridicule".
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