Exciting times…expensive times

It’s really exciting for me, this new raw path I’m on.  Every day I feel a little better.  Every day I feel a little brighter.  Every day I definitely feel a lot lighter!  But, like any new venture, there is always an uncomfortable edge.  In my case, it comes down to money.  I want to equip my kitchen to make raw food preparation possible.  I lack a juicer capable of juicing leaves, a high-powered blender and a dehydrator.  I know that I can get by without any of them, but in order to prepare the wonderful, tempting, delicious recipes found on sites such as Any Phyo’s kitchen, DetoxYourWorld or The Raw Chef, I really need to invest.  And it is an investment:  I am about to spend over £1000 on these things…it’s like buying a fridge, stove and washing machine all over again.  However, I am trying to see it in the most positive light possible:  I don’t pay any private medical insurance premiums because I believe that good diet and holistic health will see me through to old age and beyond (my plan is to live to 120 years).  I don’t lose earnings due to sick leave because I am hardly ever ill.  I live in a place where wild herbs abound and unless I develop a second stomach, I can’t make best use of them.  I live in a place where fruit trees offer forth their bountiful harvest to be joyfully received by sweet-toothed humans, but it all comes at once and the only way to preserve that sunshine ripeness is to dehydrate.  And so, my investment in Raw Food requires a monetary investment too.  Like a membership fee of sorts, I guess. Well, in the midst of this recession and credit crunch, I’m sure that my suppliers will be darn pleased!  Let’s hope that positive spending brings positive change to my world and the wider world too.