Right now, I'm feeling a little bit like I'm just not supposed to have friends. Every time I plan a day to go see someone, we all end up being sick. Or something else crazy happens like our car breaks down. And I've been feeling like none of my friends make the effort to plan days either. Maybe it's just because I'm a crazy radical now, and nobody likes hanging out with me. Or maybe it's that they all have new friends who are closer, and I'm just a loner. I just haven't made a connection with anyone around me, and I feel a little bit like Matt and Julie are my only friends. I don't know whether it's me-and I'm just not a good friend-or it's the changing we've all done, or it's my crazy ideas about the way the world is, or just the distance. I've really been feeling alone lately though. And it's ok. but it's hard.

ah, the uninformed masses

there is a big problem with the internet. it makes people think they know more than they do.
I've fallen prey to this trap myself. many times. nobody is immune. today though, I came across a great example of this. my friend posted a picture of someone mocking "alternative medicine" because it "doesn't work". this friend likes to be ironic and enjoys making fun of other lifestyles (obviously), but his post wasn't what got me. so many comments on the original post were so full of it that it was honestly laughable. obviously, this goes for both sides of the issue; there were some mainstreamers spewing their word vomit and some hippies spewing theirs, none of them actually knowing what they were talking about, just repeating the garbage they hear from whichever type of media they hear/read/watch/whatever. and there were a few decent comments. people forget though, that this isn't an issue of which works and which doesn't, but when to use which. Both work. Both have been proven. Herbs and homeopathy and chinese medicine and chiropractic/massage therapy all work. They have been used since the beginning of Time to heal the sick and to keep sickness at bay. However, they are often less potent than modern medicine. So when you become sick enough that your good diet and "alternative" medicine are no longer helping, go to the doctor. Use modern medicine. Don't go to the doctor for every cold, every sinus infection, every fever. That's how superbugs are born. That's how we develop resistance to medications. That's how we get more side effects than our bodies can handle and become immunocompromised because we have to be on 15 medications to control the side effects from our original medication. There is a time for everything, and people on both sides of this stupid issue don't realize it.
One person decided he really wanted to show off his idiocy today. He said that most of the pharmaceuticals contain the same components as the herb, so it's exactly the same thing. Oh, how I wish correcting fallacies on the internet actually worked. yes. many pharmaceuticals do contain components that they share with herbs, and that do similar things. But he's forgetting that whenever anything is in its whole form, it is better for us and better absorbed into the system. If you manufacture calcium so it has exactly the same chemical components as it has in food, you will still not reap the benefits you would from actually consuming the food with the calcium in it. Because our bodies were designed to eat whole foods. Not bits and chemicals from within the food. We need the fibers, the proteins, and the sugars within our foods to all act together with the minerals to give us what we need. Yeah, the manufactured stuff will still get into your system and help a little bit. But it won't work with your body the way whole foods (or herbs) will. That's what makes the side effects.
But that's neither here nor there. Because people will believe what they want, regardless of what the research actually says. They will listen to the dogmas of whatever side of any issue they choose to be on. They'll refuse to see the benefits of both sides. because that's how so many of us are. People probably think I'm the same way-especially because most of what I believe is not mainstream, and I defend my choices. But I have researched. I have looked at both sides of most issues, and have reevaluated my stance on several things when I see new information. I have come to the information that I receive with a prayerful heart, looking for answers as to what I should do in my life, and have come to the decision that so far, I'm doing what I need. But no matter what, I'll keep looking for answers and keep searching for truth. I try to avoid using the catchphrases of any group, and I find my own path. and I keep my path to myself. because no matter your intentions, people think any suggestion of a way other than their own is a personal attack. No more comments on controversies. No more trying to educate