- forget about iraq, my war on poverty :-) by Ren
19 y
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Blog: Uncovering The Starchild Within
I've made a number of observances about how easy it is to become unhealthy when you are working and not making a lot of money. You become obsessed about food or live on threadbare amounts of the wrong thing. You don't exercise because you surmise that you've worked hard enough. I used to wonder about that when I worked in the health food store. Now that I am working for 1/3 of what I used to make, doing more work but not intellectually stimulating work, I understand the mentality. Being a home health aide is demanding work but not intellectually stimulating work. Sometimes you get a coherent patient who can converse with you, but most of the time you are caring for the very elderly and people in mental decline due to diseases. Also, because home health aides are at the bottom rung of the ladder in the health care industry, you are treated accordingly and many people tend to think you are of an inferior intelligence. I was doing well moving towards a very healthy,polished diet when I was working and making money. For instance, if I craved chocolate, I could go to the health food store and either buy organic chocolate,a vegan carob snack or my favorite a Greens Plus bar that cost $2.79 each. I could buy juice on the road, vegan sandwiches,etc. When I worked at the heath food store, I had access to all the health products I needed and if I needed anything, I usually ordered it out of the catalog.
I have lots more to say later... I have a few things I need to get off my chest since I started this job. BTW, I have to say that when I say "poor" and "poverty", I'm being a bit sarcastic. The real poverty is to be found in places like the Sudan where people die because their corrupt governments starve them to death. I may not fully understand why I'm in this predicament now but I'm sure I'll have something to learn. Maybe I'll figure out how to eat a healthy diet and get exercise while working for little money.
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- Inflation & Other Thoughts by risingsun
19 y
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| I am certainly not poor but I have such a large family to support that I have almost no disposbale income. As the costs of life have increased, I have less and less money each day for healthy foods. I have had to be very creative to feed my family and keep my utilities on. I believe we magnatize what need into our lives if we can listen to our spirit. There are so many times that I have picked tomatoes off of a garden that was abandoned by its owner. I came across 10 lbs of walnuts that no one wanted. Great protein for free. In my yard I have apple,pear, peach, pecan and lots of other fruit baring trees just when I started juicing. How did it happen? I think they came into my life because a I appreciated them. I take my baby out and we pick a ripe fig off of the fig tree and have a yummy snack or pick the apples and juice them and throw in some black berries when they are ripe. I don't own this place...I rent it but I didn't even see those trees as sources of food until I started looking for those types of ways to be healthy. Now these days, I am financially broke but I am fruit rich. If I was in Sudan, those trees might make me appear unimaginably wealthy to some. I eat lots of fruits and nuts but I also cheat at the grocery store by getting organic apple sause; "An apple a day keeps the doctor begging for his bread." It really is not much more than non-organic applesause. Avacados are a great food as a substitute for protein as well. I don't give much meat to my baby and she loves avacados. She is the healthiest human being I have ever known. She lights up my life and I try to give her healthy foods when there is no way I could afford to if I had to pay for them. I am moving soon though. It will be interesting to see what new foods I wil attract into my life. Try magnetizing the type of foods you need...It is worth a try...
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- Re: Inflation & Other Thoughts by ren
19 y
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Try magnetizing the type of foods you need...It is worth a try...
** Thank you very much for that amazing suggestion. I will try it all this week and report back on my findings. Thanks again!
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- You are 100% correct it is called a constructive delimina... by kerminator
19 y
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Unfortunately many people find themselves in the same place... Between a rock and a hard place as we call it down in dixie... And yes, we do not have all we need here in the good all USA, but much more than the rest of the world... I realize that you understand that... It would be nice if everyone had equal opportunity and shared the wealth...
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- You will! Keep the dilemma in your thoughts and ask for a creative way t... by 9thbody
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