In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

I totally get that. I can accept LIFE backing me into a corner. The thing for me personally is that I've tried all the health stuff you talk about. For me, it takes on a negative effect because I become obsessed with eating and my spirit lets in more "bad" stuff than food ever would. And, it may be my journey that I find myself in the same corner and THAT is what helps me change.

I am in agreement that "bad feelings" or judgments about what you are eating or doing health-wise is just as harmful as the "bad" food. I think progressing, if I may say that, to gentler ways of providing sustenance, ideally is a natural and accepted way of living, rather than denying one's self certain things. Some individuals live celibate lives because they have arrived at that naturally for various reasons; juxtapose this against the Catholic priesthood and the problems associated with denial of their urges.