Reflection on reinvention

Our altered egos come forward without warnings, they demand attention and our compassion. We have responsibility to ourselves to nature them and give them outlets for expression. Strange, but I am ready for a fresh burst of energy. I have been writing a blog for over 2 years and now another me struggles to break free. A case of reinvention, or maybe forging ahead. I am still THE HEALTH NUT and still want to talk about those issues, but another me wants to explore some new uncharted territories. Why not do it with a second language? I am not sure if you also noticed, but we assume different personalities, if we speak another language. We become another version of ourselves. So yes, this one will be in English, and I will also talk about different issues relating to our health.

I think, that we grow up believing, that life is linear, from point A to B and then hopefully progressing to Z. Hmm...What about forbidden fruit? Doesn't it teaches us, that eating it from time to time allows us to break free from the paradigm of life and show us another perspective on things? Quantum theory tells us, that the observable world is the result of probabilities, that came into existence. So this would mean, that life most likely is not linear, and that maybe the forbidden fruit is a meme of unpredictability game, we call life. It is the inescapable fabric of life, which manifests itself from time to time to remind us, that chaos and order exist on the same level.

Some people argue, that reinvention is a myth, and it has its roots with preoccupation with youth. It seems, that we tend to associate reinvention with something new, unwritten, a blank page, that we assume, that the past, or in other words our accumulated life experience is baggage, to be discarded and disregarded. But shouldn't it also be associated with notion, that the seeds of change are always within us, that we can never escape ourselves? Change does not appear out of nowhere, all is connected and depended on previous experiences. So if you thought that my reinvention is about letting go of the past, I correct you immediately. Reinvention for me is looking at things from another angle or perspective, trying to see the same in different ways.

So what is old and the same? I am still vegetarian and still hope, that we stop eating meat compulsively. I believe, that it is about time. We have created a world for ourselves filled with suffering of animals, that feed us, and we forgot, that nutrients can also come from different sources. My intent is to show you on the pages of this blog, why it is important and fun to include plant-derived dished into your daily menu. They are always a combination of colors and textures, which overflow with fresh vegetables and fruit, and you do not need to be vegetarian to simply enjoy them.

I have always been attracted to diversity, maybe part of it comes from my background – I studied genetics and one of the lessons I learned is, that diversity is pro-life. In pursuit of tomorrow we experiment and try different things. I heard someone say, that the success of meat diet is partly attributed to quick access of energy. So meat-based diet allows us to focus on personal growth, because we do not need to spend too much time thinking about food. Maybe this is one of the reasons, why we are consistently resisting changing our habits, eventhough more and more evidence shows us, that continuing on this path is risky, to say the least. It is risky, because it is monotonous and with that, it dismisses other excelent food sources. As I said above, diversity is pro-life, then sameness would be against life, wouldn't it? As an extension of this attitude would be our experience with GMO food, for me it is the elimination of diversity from life and this is extremely dangerous, because it is like playing with fire.

It is not too late to change that. We are wiser, so we can now move on to the next level. We have created many wonderful things, and now we can use them to our advantage. We have learned how to quickly access energy and now we can start thinking how to convert the energy into health. Definitely the old paradigm is not working, we are getting sick and suffer from many health related problems, and we slowly acknowledge, that this is attributed to what we eat. The only pro-life choices we can make are those, which are based on diversity and this is true for everyone on this planet. I believe, that by selecting a diet based on diversity of food we can, not only stay healthy, but we can also take care of the environment and others that live in it. The results of my research are overwhelming, our health has roots in diversity, and it is time to reinvent ourselves on a personal and global level.