I meant to say that my new Waterpure distiller is fantastic and I have been horrified by the amount of brown gunge that distlls out of our tap water. Of course, I don't know what the 'gunge' is comprised of, but am pretty sure it's of nothing good. I wish I had bought one long ago.
I adore the supporter stories. I don't believe that any other podcaster is doing anything quite like this. maybe I'll get up the courage to do one next year. ;)
Great guests, interesting. I've had the inate willpower to quit addiction to smoking, computer games and can limit my alcohol consumption to one beer a week easily. My achilles heel is refined sugar! Impossible to get rid of sweet tooth craving
When I was in Senegal in West Africa in 1969, I wrote to my parents that I'd been thrilled to see an Islamic Cleric walking down the street, arm-in-arm with a Catholic priest, animatedly chatting to each other. I never once saw a single Niqab in a whole year of living there. The streets are apparently now full of them and the sight I saw is unthinkable. You're right, Ahmad, the Wahabi sect has done much damage to traditional Islam, which is tragic. My own belief is that Islam is overdue for its own 'Reformation'. When I hear 'God says in the Bible' my alarm bells ring. The Koran and the Bible are both human artefacts, written by people inspired by their faith of course, but not 'dictated by God' or 'written by God'. Much damage has been done by those who claim otherwise. And of course you're right that we should have been arms-length from Saudi Arabia throughout this period.
I'm very impressed by the insights and honesty of both of your guests, Ahmad. And what a delight to hear the shout-out to my being 'just a housewife'! I had a loaded paintbrush while listening and had more ideas in response to Sarah, but am left with warm thoughts about her courage in dealing with the school system and seeing the anti-Muslim bias.
Your second guest was so compassionate, with herself and others. Not judgmental at all but very perceptive about the reasons people do things. Her talk about feeling deprived if she didn't have a glass of wine after a stressful day at work really struck me. It went back to our conversation about food. After we talked, I drafted an episode on The Sociology of Sugar, something I also wrote about in my book. The truth is we have been deprived--of meaning, of family, of home, of community, of our own time. And sugar, coffee, tea, chocolate was deliberately substituted for a hot midday meal to keep women and children, in particular, working in the factories. Men got meat on Sundays and beer for breakfast.
It's not about willpower, as your guest says, because there's an equally strong will on the other shoulder saying "You can't make me." I think that, to change these addictions in society--the one our kids will live in--we need to change everything so that life is more secure and satisfying. We can't just say, "now you'll still work 8 to 5 in a bullshit stressful job but you need to give up the rewards that make that tolerable."
And my own Waterpure is great, but I'm glad that I got the 4 litre version, which is heavy enough! I hope you got your £20, as I had difficulty in negotiating their website and had to conclude the purchase via email.
So interesting and informative ladies. Thank you also for a common sense conversation.
I meant to say that my new Waterpure distiller is fantastic and I have been horrified by the amount of brown gunge that distlls out of our tap water. Of course, I don't know what the 'gunge' is comprised of, but am pretty sure it's of nothing good. I wish I had bought one long ago.
Great to hear these ladies, great stories! Let's hope that more and more people will hear these positive messages.
I adore the supporter stories. I don't believe that any other podcaster is doing anything quite like this. maybe I'll get up the courage to do one next year. ;)
Great guests, interesting. I've had the inate willpower to quit addiction to smoking, computer games and can limit my alcohol consumption to one beer a week easily. My achilles heel is refined sugar! Impossible to get rid of sweet tooth craving
When I was in Senegal in West Africa in 1969, I wrote to my parents that I'd been thrilled to see an Islamic Cleric walking down the street, arm-in-arm with a Catholic priest, animatedly chatting to each other. I never once saw a single Niqab in a whole year of living there. The streets are apparently now full of them and the sight I saw is unthinkable. You're right, Ahmad, the Wahabi sect has done much damage to traditional Islam, which is tragic. My own belief is that Islam is overdue for its own 'Reformation'. When I hear 'God says in the Bible' my alarm bells ring. The Koran and the Bible are both human artefacts, written by people inspired by their faith of course, but not 'dictated by God' or 'written by God'. Much damage has been done by those who claim otherwise. And of course you're right that we should have been arms-length from Saudi Arabia throughout this period.
I'm very impressed by the insights and honesty of both of your guests, Ahmad. And what a delight to hear the shout-out to my being 'just a housewife'! I had a loaded paintbrush while listening and had more ideas in response to Sarah, but am left with warm thoughts about her courage in dealing with the school system and seeing the anti-Muslim bias.
Your second guest was so compassionate, with herself and others. Not judgmental at all but very perceptive about the reasons people do things. Her talk about feeling deprived if she didn't have a glass of wine after a stressful day at work really struck me. It went back to our conversation about food. After we talked, I drafted an episode on The Sociology of Sugar, something I also wrote about in my book. The truth is we have been deprived--of meaning, of family, of home, of community, of our own time. And sugar, coffee, tea, chocolate was deliberately substituted for a hot midday meal to keep women and children, in particular, working in the factories. Men got meat on Sundays and beer for breakfast.
It's not about willpower, as your guest says, because there's an equally strong will on the other shoulder saying "You can't make me." I think that, to change these addictions in society--the one our kids will live in--we need to change everything so that life is more secure and satisfying. We can't just say, "now you'll still work 8 to 5 in a bullshit stressful job but you need to give up the rewards that make that tolerable."
I appreciate both of your lovely guests.
And my own Waterpure is great, but I'm glad that I got the 4 litre version, which is heavy enough! I hope you got your £20, as I had difficulty in negotiating their website and had to conclude the purchase via email.