NutraSweet is Anything But Sweet

I went to a lecture today by a woman who was involved in researching NutraSweet many years ago. (She was hired by NutraSweet btw) She said what they found was that NutraSweet increased people's appetite and left them feeling unfilled. She compared that to things we do in our lives. We are just trying to get satisfaction but the way we seek for it ends up making us need more and feel less satisfied than before.

When she was talking I realized that was what happened to me last weekend. I had physical NutraSweet cuddling with muscle boy. It might have even started before that. I used to be pretty happy with my life until I started going to lots of parties. Then suddenly I was bombarded by all this loneliness. My appetite for having a man in my life grew, but the men I was spending time with left me feeling very unfulfilled. It could never make me fulfilled because what I was getting was artificial.

The speaker today told about trees in the desert in Arizona. Because water is scarce the roots of the trees have to search for water. There is water deep in the earth, but it is under a layer of hard rock-like material. So some trees spread their roots out vertically in order to find water near the surface. When a storm comes these trees are blown right over because their roots are shallow. Other trees send out a tap root that slowly makes it's way through the hard layer and on to the source of water below. These trees can withstand any storm because they are rooted so deeply. She compared the shallow roots to seeking valid.ation from others and the tap root that goes deep is like connecting with God and getting validation from Him.

It was a great talk. I've thought a lot about muscle boy lately. I decided I'm going to quit hanging out with him. I don't want NutraSweet in my life. I hate the stuff.