Day 37: Operation HOPE...Good is Subjective

                                            Photo from paleogrubs.com

"Good is Subjective".  I learned this lesson this morning.

When I met with Dr. C yesterday, he suggested I do a 30-day liver detox to flush the toxins from the statin medication I've taken for many years.  He gave me two options.

Option 1:  A shake.  I'd have to purchase a powder supplement from him, put it in the blender with ice, water and a cup of blueberries, and consume this every day for 30 days.  He said it would be "good" and "nice"...and it works great!

Option 2:  A juice.  I'd have to juice beets {raw}, super greens and various other vegetables every day for 30 days.  He said that this juice is "brutal" and "doesn't taste really good"...but it also works great!

The choice was mine.

Of course, I chose Option 1.  For the obvious reasons.  Mostly because of Dr. C's comments about the taste of the shake verses the taste of the juice, and also for the ease in making a shake verses making a juice.

Remember I said that "Good is Subjective"?  Well, Dr. C's definition of "good" is certainly not my definition of "good".

He told me the shake would be "frothy" and "sweet".

It definitely was "frothy"...I'll give him that.

But, sweet?  Um...no.  His version of "sweet" is definitely not my version of sweet.  My version of sweet is a blueberry muffin.  I'd have to say that he's never had a blueberry muffin if this is his version of sweet.

It was also very "gritty" from the powder.  All I could really taste was the powder.

Oh, and did I mention that this concoction, after blended together, measured two cups?!?  Yup!  Two frothy, not-so-sweet, gritty cups of blueberry sludge!  {Insert the sound of crickets chirping here!}

*sigh*

So..."good" is most definitely subjective.

Dr. C's "good" isn't my "good" {at least in this case}.  So, what is my "subjective good"?

• I finished it!  All two cups of it! {This is good!}
• One down, 29 more to go!  {This is good!}
• I know that Dr. C always has my full recovery and best interest in mind.  {This is really good!}
• The shake may not have tasted good to me, but I know at the end of the 30 days it's going to do awesome things for my body, and help my body heal and recover.  {This is really, really good!}

For all these things, I'm so very thankful!  My heart knows it well.

"...in everything give thanks..."

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB)

{Emphasis added by me!}

"The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful

and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it

and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents

who bring fullest Light to all the world."

~Ann Voskamp

from her book "One Thousand Gifts"