No more owl sightings this week. Just umpteen deer in the
yard at a time. We’re becoming friends. They like it here.
I may need some mercenary hunter types to assist with a
relocation program such as we have for groundhogs in this area. I would never
endorse anything that could even remotely be interpreted as illegal, but if you’re
a venison fan, just sayin’ …
This amateur student in human behavior has been studying
again. I don’t have any brilliant conclusions, I’m baffled.
Most of you are aware I’m in the nutrition business. I’ve
been in the nutrition business in one capacity or another for quite a while. I
am qualified to speak on the subject from several different angles, and I have
gone through my own health transformation as a result of cleaning up my
nutrition in recent years.
I seem to have attracted quite the mélange of people
recently. One of my business partners asked something along the lines of, “Where
do you find these people? How do you attract all the problem types?”
I don’t know, maybe I’m just sorting through more people?
Some will, some won’t, so what, next. I’ll save the ones I can. Those who will
accept the help.
Maybe I have “bring your problem cases here” tattooed on
my forehead.
Maybe my being willing to talk to anyone leads to an
interesting assortment of people crossing my path.
Maybe my showing grace and hopefully reflecting the light
of Jesus leads to more people being willing to talk to me.
My “talk to anyone” motivation is twofold – it’s the
right thing to do for business and, mostly, it’s the Christian thing to do. We’re
all God’s children here.
And yes, he made us all different, which brings me to some
of the array of folks who have crossed my path …
People with interesting ideas of what can cause cancer in
lab rats. Which may lead to me posting things like, “I don't want to brag, but
I think you all should know I have the ability to cause cancer in lab rats by
giving them the evil eye and playing Thunderstruck at top volume.”
(Side note – Yes, it’s true, I did once meet AC/DC’s
sound man. Ask me about it sometime.)
People who believe oh-my-gosh-you-have-to-avoid-xyz-ingredient-or-food-group-or-you’re-gonna-die.
Yes, read ingredient lists, but let’s be reasonable.
People who believe my business is sinful, who
misunderstand by thinking it’s all about outward appearance and money.
I assure you, when friends and acquaintances are facing
surgeries and amputations and health problems that really are preventable … it’s
not about outward appearance or money, it’s personal. And it makes me sad. And
angry.
Ultimately it’s up to God who lives, who dies, who has a
thorn in their side, and when.
But if he’s pulled the raft up to your house and is
saying, “Get in,” … well …
There goes that free will thing again.
Next!
J
