I wish that every person that we help would put the reforms into practice 100% and see just how much better they feel.
It is one of the greatest frustrations to spend 2 weeks with a person teaching them, cooking for them and working with them to help them get well and then later have them tell me all the things they have done to sabotage the work that has been done. I was talking to a person recently that was a guest of ours. He told me how he had lost 10 pounds while he was here. He told me how he was off of 2 of the 3 blood pressure drugs he was wanting to get off of. He told me of his hopes that he could get off the last one soon. Then later he began telling me about the yogurt he had the day before. Then he mentioned that he and his girlfriend had some chickens and were eating their eggs. Then he told me that he had some ice cream recently. Just a little of this and just a little of that and just a bit of the other. How it hurt to think that all this work we had done was going to be a huge disappointment for him the next time he goes to see the doctor. Because I know that his health will be back to where it was before he came. I just want to cry at times like that. If I ever find someone that will put their whole heart into getting well and staying well I will cry tears of joy. I want that for everyone that watches my videos and I want it for everyone that comes to our retreat. I want it for our family but I don't know if I will every find that one person. I hope so. If I had a million dollars I would give it to that one person.
I can look back to one man that made the changes. His name is Bill. He had had triple bypass surgery and was on 17 pills a day. I mentioned to him the idea of going to Weimar Institute. He checked into them and ordered their homestyle video set and he and his wife watched and actually put what they learned into practice. He began walking. A couple of years later I saw them and he told me that he was off all but one of the pills and was so happy. I wish I could have stayed in touch with them but they moved away. So I will keep that story in mind and hope that someday I will find another one like Bill.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not talking about forcing someone to do anything. This has nothing to do with nagging or being an irritation to them. I'm talking about the heart ache of watching them make bad choices that will kill them. I'm talking about love. They complain about how bad they feel and I know that it is in their power to feel better but all I can do is bite my tongue and hope that someday they will ask for help. I am well aware of the limits but it doesn't ease the sadness of watching them suffer. I would like to wave a magic wand and give them just one day of good health so they can see how it would feel if they changed.
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