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Hi Folks,
AIDS, Breast Cancer, Equal Rights, Civil Rights, Freedom, Obesity - none of these issues would have the exposure or effort towards cures and deeper understanding if it wasn't for Activism.
Activists change the world and challenge the status que at every level. As a person with MS I used to be Ashamed to tell people because so I kept it in the closet, I didn't want the "poor you response" nearly 20 years later I write the MS Newsletter for our local Chapter of the MS Society.
Drug Addiction, alcoholism and Depression - all have plagued me but after 5 years clean and sober it's not only cathartic for me to share my experience with others. It helps me live a clean, sober, happier life and if somewhere along the way I've helped someone well, that's just the no sugar icing on the zero carb cake.
What I've learned is this
when we duck, hide or keep closeted principles we believe in to be true and good. We give the Nay Sayer a message that says They're right instead of opening the door of communication and eduction
When you defend what you believe in and support it passion and facts as with Atkins, you break down walls and you destroy myths rather than perpetuate them.
As for me I love telling people I'm on Atkins, because I know I can both defend my position and validate it.
I think the key to successful Activism isn't in being a raging fanatic, but rather even tempered and confident in your choice of how you live your life.
Next time your at a dinner party or some similar situation where your offered food you can't eat say something like "No thank you, I don't eat that I'm on Atkins!"
Will you be challenged?
Count on it.
You can always ask "And what chapter of the book did you find most interesting?" Or better yet something along the lines of "I understand your feelings, still after 30 years there's a great deal of myths and false assumptions surrounding Atkins would you like to learn the truth?"
When we keep a part of who we are in the closet all we do is perpetuate myths and stereotypes through our silence. When we come out, when we are proud, we can educate, we can give hope and in doing so we empower ourselves.
So make like Rosa Parks and refuse to sit at the back of the bus, refuse to be muscled or bullied into silence. Stand up, head held high and refuse to back down.
I think in doing so we pay homage to Dr. Atkins, to all the people on this WOL and give hope to those who can be saved by it.
Just a thought,
Peter
AIDS, Breast Cancer, Equal Rights, Civil Rights, Freedom, Obesity - none of these issues would have the exposure or effort towards cures and deeper understanding if it wasn't for Activism.
Activists change the world and challenge the status que at every level. As a person with MS I used to be Ashamed to tell people because so I kept it in the closet, I didn't want the "poor you response" nearly 20 years later I write the MS Newsletter for our local Chapter of the MS Society.
Drug Addiction, alcoholism and Depression - all have plagued me but after 5 years clean and sober it's not only cathartic for me to share my experience with others. It helps me live a clean, sober, happier life and if somewhere along the way I've helped someone well, that's just the no sugar icing on the zero carb cake.
What I've learned is this
when we duck, hide or keep closeted principles we believe in to be true and good. We give the Nay Sayer a message that says They're right instead of opening the door of communication and eduction
When you defend what you believe in and support it passion and facts as with Atkins, you break down walls and you destroy myths rather than perpetuate them.
As for me I love telling people I'm on Atkins, because I know I can both defend my position and validate it.
I think the key to successful Activism isn't in being a raging fanatic, but rather even tempered and confident in your choice of how you live your life.
Next time your at a dinner party or some similar situation where your offered food you can't eat say something like "No thank you, I don't eat that I'm on Atkins!"
Will you be challenged?
Count on it.
You can always ask "And what chapter of the book did you find most interesting?" Or better yet something along the lines of "I understand your feelings, still after 30 years there's a great deal of myths and false assumptions surrounding Atkins would you like to learn the truth?"
When we keep a part of who we are in the closet all we do is perpetuate myths and stereotypes through our silence. When we come out, when we are proud, we can educate, we can give hope and in doing so we empower ourselves.
So make like Rosa Parks and refuse to sit at the back of the bus, refuse to be muscled or bullied into silence. Stand up, head held high and refuse to back down.
I think in doing so we pay homage to Dr. Atkins, to all the people on this WOL and give hope to those who can be saved by it.
Just a thought,
Peter
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