What's up?

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure what is going on, but there seems to be a lot of anger popping up

here lately. Could I make a couple of suggestions?

 

First, it's really hard to " hear " tone of voice when reading emails, and it

might be good if we just give each other the benefit of the doubt, instead of

seeing all the negative stuff. There has been a wide variety of information and

sources shared here, and some I agree with, some I don't, and with other areas,

I just don't know. I do know that folks can be at a wide variety of points along

the path to wellness. I started as a vegetarian, then a vegan, now exploring raw

foods, and have gone from being a high-fat intake raw vegan to a lower-fat

intake. At each step of the way, I have felt more and more healthy, and if the

low-fat vegan eventually leads to feeling less well, I'll do some more

'tweaking' and figure out what's missing. It's well within the realm of

possibility that everyone expressing these different points of view feels very

healthy, and therefore very certain that whatever plan they are currently

following is " the one. " But I think it's important to remain open and

sensitive to where our bodies are at at any given time, and be willing to move

on the more we learn, both by study and experience. Sometimes it may mean going

back to a former way of eating, or it may mean changing to something new. It can

also mean addressing all the other issues that affect health besides our food,

including sleep, sunshine, exercise, etc.

 

I have really appreciated learning from the other folks here, and I would hate

to see this turn into a place of anger and finger-pointing. Let's try just to

remain open to each other. Life's too short to spend a lot of it in anger. (And

of course, stress is another one of those factors that leaches health from us,

isn't it? LOL).

 

Peace to all, Valerie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I couldn't agree more

 

Some people take things personally very easily, they are sensitive. Email is

very

hard to truly express your self and your real attitue. Put those things

together and people

can easily get offended.

 

I hope nobody takes me disagree with them as a personal attack? I don't doubt

the

intelligence or motives of most people here. I think you guys generally are

interested in

learning and have a pasion for sharing things you have learned. I know I do.

 

I think excitement can sometimes come across as someone being upset. I seemed

to have

pised someone off here. If I have offended any other people here and they just

havn't said any

thing please forgive me and consider it a misunderstanding. I haven't once

actually been

upset with anyone.

 

I appreciate a lot of the feedback and some of it has really made me think.

 

 

On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 06:41:51PM -0800, Valerie Mills Daly wrote:

>

>

> I'm not sure what is going on, but there seems to be a lot of anger popping up

here lately. Could I make a couple of suggestions?

>

> First, it's really hard to " hear " tone of voice when reading emails, and it

might be good if we just give each other the benefit of the doubt, instead of

seeing all the negative stuff. There has been a wide variety of information and

sources shared here, and some I agree with, some I don't, and with other areas,

I just don't know. I do know that folks can be at a wide variety of points along

the path to wellness. I started as a vegetarian, then a vegan, now exploring raw

foods, and have gone from being a high-fat intake raw vegan to a lower-fat

intake. At each step of the way, I have felt more and more healthy, and if the

low-fat vegan eventually leads to feeling less well, I'll do some more

'tweaking' and figure out what's missing. It's well within the realm of

possibility that everyone expressing these different points of view feels very

healthy, and therefore very certain that whatever plan they are currently

following is " the one. " But I think it's important to remain open and

> sensitive to where our bodies are at at any given time, and be willing to

move on the more we learn, both by study and experience. Sometimes it may mean

going back to a former way of eating, or it may mean changing to something new.

It can also mean addressing all the other issues that affect health besides our

food, including sleep, sunshine, exercise, etc.

>

> I have really appreciated learning from the other folks here, and I would hate

to see this turn into a place of anger and finger-pointing. Let's try just to

remain open to each other. Life's too short to spend a lot of it in anger. (And

of course, stress is another one of those factors that leaches health from us,

isn't it? LOL).

>

> Peace to all, Valerie