My daughter reminded me that a particular drink that I like is flavored with aspartame. My daughter, or daughter’s are particularly health conscious and have each grown into lovely, intelligent women.
I did not think about what she said right away but after a good jog I did think about it and I noticed two things about myself.
The first thing I noticed happened while I was in the grocery store and I came upon the drink and I thought about my health and I automatically bought water instead.
The second thing I noticed occurred when I googled aspartame and I looked at the ten side effects of ingesting aspartame. I had four out of ten, not to mention one that was not listed.
Hence, without making a conscious decision to do so I have excluded it from my diet.
Perhaps life is sweet enough without adding the sweetener and maybe I am already sweet enough.
While sitting here writing this TfTD looking at the beautiful blossoms on the trees I realize that God has already embedded lots of sweetness in this life and while I can do without the aspartame I cannot do without Him.
It’s true that the heavens do declare the glory of God and the firmament does
Show His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1)
Thanks, daughter for caring.
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