Date:   9/15/2003 9:42:41 AM ( 22 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=644118

Thank you to everyone who responded to my post. Its caring people like y'all that makes this forum so special. I doubt if very many of us could do this alone. I can definately relate and agree with everything written. I,also grew up with a feeling that I was "wrong" and "bad". That fostered low self esteem issues I still have to deal with. Another thing is the questioning and sometimes rejecting old habits and belief systems. I have recently seen how emtpy and lifeless my old performance based religion was, and am now trying to live, act and react through grace and faith. This change of attitude enraged members of my old church, and even though I left that church I still get a lot of criticism from the membership. Yet I am closer to God now, than when I was just a religious worker with little faith to fall back on. Anyway that's a little of my story.
I wish more people could see the many benefits of fasting, whether its MC, juice or water, beyond the weight loss aspect. Losing weight is nice, I rejoice over the ten pounds I've lost so far. Yet the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of fasting are so great, although often difficult to go through. If all we concentrate on is "I can't eat", or "I can't wait to eat", or on weight loss alone we miss the greater aspects of the fast. I hope some of you who are so much better with words than I am will keep spreading the message.
My morning appointment is now an afternoon appointment, but I still have that flat tire to deal with, so its off to town.
Thanks again everyone -G-
 

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