In Health We Are Aligned

We are all more on the same page than people think we are!

Recently, I've discovered that some of the people I work with are actually a lot more on the same page as my wife and I are in terms of things related to health. This really was a wonderful thing to experience, and it makes me think that we are all more alike than we are different in a lot of things.

One of the biggest things these days is the push and focus on dividing people in so many ways and by largely bullshit things such as political fancy, sexual preferences, appearance and countless other things. The more we become tribalized, the more that we have things that we perceive are issues and will fight about. It's a tale as old as time! The people that are pulling the strings are sitting on their balcony drinking champagne and watching the peasant class below getting at each others throats. It's really insidious shit!

With the constant feeling of this, coupled with the whole abomination that is cancel culture, one of the most important things is that we find people that we can talk to, but very often the challenge is dipping your toe in those waters!

I've gotten pretty good at testing the waters of a conversation with people, seeing what things I can say that might illicit a response that I am looking for, and prod it more in the direction I am trying to go. For example, I may share something a little more personal and then see where it goes.

Recently, I was talking with two different colleagues, on two different occasions. I ended up having a nice chat with them, and found out that we are very much on the same page with a number of things when it comes to health. This was really good for me to find out, especially mentally. It's quite challenging being in a group of people who want nothing to do with any of the wonderful information you've got, because it does require more effort and isn't as simple as taking a pill and saying seeya later.

With all of the various health challenges we've experienced on my wife's side, and some on mine, we've got quite a bit of stories to go along with it but broaching the waters with people is always a little hairy. I often start with the mercury poisoning story, because mercury is widely known as an incredibly toxic and poisonous substance to humans. There are very little adults who don't know mercury is a poison, so they are very receptive to that story. Depending on how they respond to it, be it "holy shit, how did you figure that out; what did you do; who did you go see; how long did it take; what are the signs;"? Many other questions of that nature, key me into the person being more in-line with things that I think about.

I carefully take the conversation from there and try to see where else we can go but I go more carefully with the others because sadly it's been more than once where I end up losing the person and then back where we are in the beginning. These things aren't easy! There are sadly a lot of people who are so in-denial of how badly we are being poisoned and things of that nature, that they don't want to hear it and would rather eat fastfood, drink alcohol and binge watch TV episodes like a good flesh slave.

Having these two different colleagues, each with their own unique story and offerings they've given me, it has been a really refreshing past few weeks for me. I have endless surface level conversations with people, but the real challenge is having conversations that are much deeper and more meaningful to me. I am hoping that I can have more of these meaningful conversations with them and maybe add a third or fourth person slowly over time!

I think the most important thing though is realizing that we are FAR more alike than we are different when it comes to wanting to be healthy. We just have to get past the division bullshit!

What about you, have you talked to someone recently and realized that you share some pretty important things in common? Let me know in the comments!