Why do people do this???
Okay so I have a very supportive husband and I really love him, he was a great cleanse supporter. We also have some friends that are very dear to us and Saturday night they called and we all had babysitters so we decided to go for a drink. No big deal I thought I can totally handle this and still continue my cleanse. Well after about two hours at the bar I realized that I was actually ruining my cleanse by simply being around these people. They smoke, not my husband but our friends and I tried several times letting my husband know that it was getting late and we needed to leave. Drunk people are very hard to convince however and we stayed much later than expected.
Last night we had a family gathering to say good bye to my older brother who is moving to Pennsylvania. Again with the smoking, my beautiful sister in law has smoked for years and quit and then started back up again. She recently quit for four months and now has started again, oh yeah she blamed me for letting my little boy see her smoke again (he is very anti smoking, no doubt a product of my ranting and raving of the dangers). Anyhow I really am not sure where I am going with this except for the fact that I can't really live in a cleanse bubble, and that makes me sad. I talked to two of my brothers last night about the cleanse and boy did the excuses come quickly. I will to continue to show them the benefits not only physically but mentally, and maybe they will join me some day.
I miss you all and I am so happy and filled with joy about our week together.
Much Love
MO
posted by Michelle Oberbroeckling @ 11:21 AM
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Hey...I was at Worlds of Fun too last Friday night. I was the one at 10:30 sitting on the bench just inside the entrance holding cotton candy in each hand and a huge bag of kettle corn on my lap. It was all for my niece and nephew my husband quickly said I think you have the strongest will power of anybody I know.
I was lucky I ate a huge plate of veggies, fish and rice before I left the house so I did not even think of dealing with the buffet. I've had it before and it's not that great anyway.
How funny...I did ride the mamba with my 8 year old niece and it was a blast
Teach by example. It's easy for us to forget to be compassionate to those who haven't "figured it out" yet. I really tell myself that everyone is my teacher. In the case of your friends smoking and drinking, they were challenging you to learn compassion for others and to focus your energy on teaching by example. I like Leslie's suggestion to host another type of gathering with more elements you can control. And you can always put the ashtrays by where the dog poops. By living well and sharing your joy, we are teaching those around us, little by little.
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