Training Wheels in the Bedroom. Do it like our Ancestors did.

It's springtime and many kids will hop on their bikes again.  But please, don't let your kids ride with training wheels.  Put them on a strider or balance bike.  They'll be fine, I can assure you.  Why not training wheels?  They aren't safe.  I've seen more kids fall over on training wheels than a balance bike.  And you don't want your kid getting used to leaning over and not falling.  That's a tough habit to break.  

I've not done much research into marijuana.  But me thinks
it's not as bad as some make it out to be.  I posted this
for what it says about man made poison being legal.  It is. 

This just gets me thinking.  What other things do we have that "make" things easier for us so we can learn them better or just to make things unnatural.  Take beds for example.  We weren't born with a bed.  We slept on the ground.  I know what you are thinking.  You could never sleep on the ground.  Yes you could.  If the ground was the only thing you slept on.  We weren't created to sleep on a sleep number.  

We weren't born with shoes on.  Our bodies are designed to function without shoes.  Your arch support in your shoe is doing you more harm than good.  It's keeping your foot weak.  It was invented to "help" but it's only hurting you in the long run.

I'm thoroughly convinced that most of our luxuries are designed to keep us from operating at our full potential but marketed to us like we need them to maintain our health and well being.

Did God create you to eat twinkies, bread, sugar and drink soda?  No.  Not even close.  What on the earth was there for us to eat?  Plants and Animals.  That's all.  And much of it is seasonal.  What did humans do before refrigerators?  We couldn't just eat whenever.  Now, you can eat all day every day if you wanted.  We weren't designed this way.  Our bodies weren't built this way.  If you live in an area where it's cold 4-6 months out of the year, you would not be eating fruit at that time.  But thanks (maybe) to advancements in delivery and storage, you can.  That doesn't mean you should.  But because of this, we've been able to move wherever we want to on the globe and still have access to food.  Is that ok?

Not exactly.  But even if he did.  It probably wasn't
from autoimmune diseases.

The more I learn about primal living the more it makes sense.  The more I realize that many health problems are created by our own damn selves.   Nutrition is important.  You can't and you shouldn't assume that just because sometime is marketed as food, is actual food.  It may or may not be edible, but jelly beans, snickers bars, anything with sugar, and so many other things, are not food.

I often wonder, are all these advancements good for us?  In some ways yes.  In other ways no.  We are still exploring.  We are still expanding.  We will never stop learning.  But we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.  You can't forget the basics.  Just because something is new doesn't mean it will work.  The USA is a baby compared to humanity.  The advancements in EVERYTHING over the last 75-100, let alone the last 25 years have not been put to the test over the long term.  We're guinea pigs.

Are you Really Blessed?

(Post script.  This is another one that I don't feel good about.  It was just a exploration of thoughts.  Challenging my writing)

A good friend of mine posted this photo yesterday.  The heart is great.  Both the message in the photo and the one in my friend.  But honestly, these clever phrases don't move me to much anymore.  I still dig into them though, to see what they might also be saying.  Because I know my friend is trying to communicate that he's grateful for his life and never wants to take everything that he's been blessed with for granted.  He wants to be a good steward of it.  But why don't I get that from these memes?

First, let me say that in now way do I think that my friend that posted this believes the way I'll spin this.  And it's not a judgement on their character in any way whatsoever.  Just something to think about.

Let me start with the part that says, (talking to God) "You have blessed me more than 98% of the people on Earth."  Really? Did God do that?  And if God blessed you so much.  What about the other 98%.  What about the ones in the bottom 10?  The ones living in poverty?  The ones without a roof over their head?  Why would God bless you more than them?   This is why I don't believe any of us are "blessed".  We are a product or circumstance.  You are where you are because that's where you are.  I was born in affluent America.  I don't believe God had any special plan for the logistics of where I was birthed geographically.  But I was born into the 2%.  Let me never take that for granted.  And yes...I think my friend is definitely not taking it for granted.  I just wanted to write about the words.

But lets go back to the top.  "Thanks for my bagel and my hot chocolate....and all the other choices I could have had."  I'm just wondering why you chose the bagel and hot chocolate.  Above ALL the other options you have for quality nutrition that would be good for your body and mind you went with high sugar.  That meal choice might give you a couple hours.  If that.  In our privileged state of being blessed with so many choice for our nutrition, are we making the right ones?  Or are we not even thinking about it.  Are we only picking foods that trick our brains by making us feel good or comforted, but are wreaking havoc on our bodies?  Or are we choosing wisely and eating foods that  will provide us sustenance and long term health?  Real foods.

I'm not saying that you have to be perfect.  But being grateful for being born into a place of privilege and "blessings" doesn't mean you can go into a grocery store and buy whatever you want.  How are you being responsible with your choices in how you care for yourself as well as caring for the other 98% of the world?