the easy way out
I do a lot of things the easiest, most efficient way I can. I buy food at the grocery store instead of growing it myself. I buy milk and eggs from a local farm instead of raising my own cows and chickens. I use a washing machine instead of scrubbing my clothes on a washboard. I would use a dishwasher if I had one. I drive places instead of walking many miles to get to the store. Does anyone see anything wrong with that?
To me it's just smart. It makes sense. I don't think doing everything the hard way would make me a better person, do you?
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
"Ok, so what you're saying is that the hard way to do things is better? So you're at home cooking over a wood burning stove, right? Cuz using a gas stove is "the easy way out." And you're fetching your water from the river or a well, right? Because pipes and faucets? Totally the easy way out! And of course you built your home with a hand saw because power tools are most definitely the easy way out! We should all be as pious as you..."
Man! I been waiting 4 years to unleash that on somebody. Alas, nobody has ever said it to me or even implied it. Anyone...feel free to steal that and say it!
If anyone complains I took the easy way out, I think I'll ask them if they went to their last vacation by airplane or by horseback.
Better yet, given that THIS IS A HEALTH ISSUE!, I'll ask whether they took any meds the last time they got sick, or maybe they just toughed it out!
I don't see the benefit to doing the hard thing and refusing all medical treatment.
Oh, and if it's a woman, did she give birth naturally or take the easy way out and get the epidural? And if she got the epidural, does that mean she's a bad person and a bad mom?
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Having a healthy baby was important to me, of course. But it wasn't the only thing that mattered to me. I wanted my birth experience to be peaceful, beautiful, loving. I wanted it to be empowering, and it was. Had I needed drugs or a C section, I would have done that, and I would have been glad to end up with a healthy baby, but still sad that I lost the beautiful, peaceful, empowering birth that I imagined. I don't think that means my priorities were wrong.
I also believed the statistics that said I was more likely to end up with a healthy baby, and heathy myself, if I avoided drugs and a C section.
Now, that was just my choice. I support the right of other women to make other choices. I don't think I'm a better person for doing it natural. I think that was what was best for me.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Jan
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein