Oatmeal means Daily Bread. In other words, Oatmeal means our soul and our bodies at the most basic level of what we may need over what we want. There is the famous pyramid of basic needs that we can look at. At the bottom of the pyramid rests more basic needs like shelter, air, food, water, sunlight, potassium, salt, fat, sugar, protein, carbon, and a few things like that.
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As you work your way up, you get to things less important or things that are more sophisticated and complex and those things may include things you want as well. Friendships may be closer to the top of the pyramid of our needs. An Oatmeal Doctor means a Pastor, a counselor, a parent, a coach, an inspirational writer, and a motivational speaker. That is what I try to be & do.
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I ask people, "With Oatmeal in my bowl, is Jesus in your soul?" I'm not going to force people to be religious. I'm very curious and I naturally enjoy asking questions. I'm interested in debating. You can believe in God or in no god or whatever. Each person has that freedom to decide. My job is to get people to decide, to think about all of that. Joey Arnold Oatmeal.