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Date: | Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:43:38 -0500 |
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Jo sez:
My relationships with people in my life will hinge upon how much
acceptance, trust, and respect I have for my own choices and decisions. How
I view myself will be reflected in how I am treated by others.
Jo,
Thanks for your words. Perhaps I can clarify my concerns. My concern is
not so much that I will preach to all my acquantances about the merits of
raw food and pass judgement, but it is that I will become the "freak" of the
dorm hall because I consume raw meat.
Perhaps it sounds a little weak of me. However, I don't usually consider
myself a weak person. What the issue seems to be is that I simply tend to
shut myself away from people who ridicule me, in turn becoming incresingly
independent.
Maybe I'm just worrying a bit too much. Nevertheless, this type of thing
has happened to me on a smaller scale from time to time. I just tend to
think that the larger amount of interaction in the dorms might become
laborsome when it comes to explaining to everybody why I eat raw meat. To
be honest, I'm also a little worried about dating too.
I know I shouldn't make such an issue of this, but these are simply my
honest thoughts. Whatever the case may be, I definitely am going to give it
a "college try." We shall see what transpires.
Thanks again for the input,
Ben
There's just no opportunity to develop a "screw you I'm unique" attitude.
The only time I feel any external judgement is when I aim that same harsh
spotlight on myself.
Have fun Ben, and be comfortable with yourself. Everything else is trivial.
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