Re: somebody stop me!!!!!!

Trapper, Owen has a wonderful blessing for his food "may the best of you become the best of me". I think assigning too many negative qualities to anything you consume makes it even more unhealthy for your body. While pizza will never be the healthiest thing in the world to eat, it is hardly the worst either. You did get a supply of necessary minerals, protein, and carbohydrates for energy. Even more importantly, you had pleasure and sensory fulfillment, you also (I presume) enjoyed a time of fellowship and bonding with your daughter and her friends. The pizza is hardly poison, it simply was not the best thing you could eat. I have never tasted beer, I can't get past the odor and the fact it reminds me of an alcoholic family member who caused me a great deal of suffering in the past; but I assume if its something that gives you pleasure, then it is not all bad.

To really gain true freedom we need to get over assigning labels like good and bad, and becoming slave-like devotees to a rigid form of thinking. Real freedom comes when you are able to make your own choices and be responsible for your own actions. I would rather enjoy a little imperfect food in the company of friends, than the healthiest morsels around unpleasant, self-righteous people.

I know most people here are not traditional Bible believers, but there is a verse in I Corinthians that voices the way I feel better than I could ever put it in my own words:
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (I Corinthians 6:12)

This thought can apply to the dietary choices we make as well as a multitude of other issues and choices. There was absolutely nothing "wrong" with eating pizza and beer. You took responsibility knowing in some ways it was not the best (most expedient) choice, but you committed no sin, and probably did no damage. You are not hopelessly addicted (brought under the power). I would rather be a happy and contented occasional pizza eater than a pompous, self-righteous, judgmental fruit eater any day.

True health emcompasses more than just the body, it also embraces the emotions, soul and spirit to bring about balance to the whole being. Tweet