Raw Food Diet Now

A touching cry for help

Yesterday I received a very touching message. I asked the author for and received permission to share the message.

I’m sure you will relate — as I did — because we’ve all been there (or are there now):

I started reading The China Study. I’m only on page 38, but thus far it’s pretty convincing. I have been thinking a lot about food/diet stuff. I’ve been thinking a lot for the last several months about my diet.

I’ve been so unhappy with it all. I hate the way I eat, the way I look, and the way I feel, and I have for a long time now. I really have felt like something’s gotta give. I have known that I need to change something, I just always thought I needed to stop eating cookies and pizza. Now I’m thinking it might be more than that.

Since you’ve already gone through all this, I was hoping you could help me. I don’t really know where to start or what to change first, and I know I shouldn’t do it all at once. Can you help me?

I don’t want to be like everyone else. I don’t want to feel like crap anymore. I don’t want to take prescription drugs anymore. Most of all, I don’t want to feel like a prisoner anymore. I have been enslaved by what I put in my mouth, and I need to take control of the situation. At this point, I have lost control, and I don’t like feeling that way. I want something better for myself, and I’m willing to open my mind now to things I may have previously shunned.

Can you/will you help me get started?

My reply: Read more »

Action River: How to Get From Dream to Reality

How To Cross from Dream to Reality?

A river divides two lands: Dream on one side, Reality on the other. To get from Dream to Reality you must cross Action River. That is to say, dreams and ideas begin in your mind, and will stay there as mere thoughts until you take action. Action is what brings dreams and ideas to life.

Have you ever had a dream project? A trip you wanted to take. A business you wanted to start. A weight loss goal. A book you wanted to write.

You could plan and scheme until the end of time about your grand new business idea that promises to revolutionize the world. But until you DO something about it, it’s trapped in your head. It will go nowhere. Action is how you FREE your dreams and ideas into existence.

So, back to the river metaphor, in order to cross from Dream to Reality, you’ll need to row the boat across the river. In other words, take Action. Without that active rowing, you’ll just float on the river, taking you wherever the currents around you happen to go.

Would you rather be in control of your life, or feel like life is controlling you at every corner? That is the difference between taking action and being passive.

If you are not taking positive action to get to where you want, then you are letting other things and other people control your life. You are floating on the river, content to let the water push you around and take you wherever, even if it’s over the falls to your doom.

You have a choice. You can choose to row the boat. You can take charge and be in control of your destination.

Rowing the boat is good, yes?

But rowing any which way isn’t enough.

To Succeed going from Dream to Reality we also need Read more »