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>Wes:
>> Yes, but we don't have to have food in order to socialize... Or you
>can
>> eat raw foods at the restaurant.
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>You are right about not having to have food to socialize - but there
are
>some situations where the greater, wiser, thing to do is to sit down
>with the people and eat for the most part, with them, like they are
>eating. You will find that it is smarter to take this perspective
>sometimes, both for your own good health and peace of mind, and also if
>your goal is to "win friends and influence people", particularly if you
>want to influence them in the area of their diet.
>
>And anyway, it's always better to have a flexible attitude towards your
>diet, rather than a rigid unbending one (like "ALWAYS RAW NO MATTER
>WHAT" or any other rigid dogma).
I have to agree with Liza on this one. There are times when being
treated to dinner, means going to a restaurant. And while there is a
raw foods restaurant opening soon here, I would be the only one of my
immediate group to think it's appetizing! That's just a fact. So we go
out other place, and my friends have enough respect for me to choose
places where **I** can have a choice of foods to eat ... even if it
means the occasional splurge of something *very* cooked.
And you know something? By not focusing on *food* and focusing on the
companionship, there are no ill effects. The mind and psyche can't be
ignored.
Irene
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