The Poetry of Nursing: Watch this powerful video if you need inspiration to recycle

I cannot imagine some of these images in my backyard, and yet they are. Where will all of our waste go? Sometimes I need some extra inspiration to recycle. I'm improving since viewing this video. Hopefully, if I start to slack, I'll view it again. There is beautiful land all over this country and in every corner of our earth. I was reminded just how awesome it is when visiting Sedona. I had a life changing experience while visiting the Chapel of the Holy Cross. The red rocks are truly breath-taking and they stopped me in my tracks at every bend of road, but when I looked up to the sky, through the Chapel's window, I was overwhelmed. I sensed God's presence. It was very frightening and wonderful at the same time. I began crying uncontrollably and was humbled beyond belief. When I see places trashed, I feel badly about the paradise that was created for us. I wonder what our ancestors would think. I wrote this poem after my experience.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

They removed 25,000 tons of rock

for me to believe…

a small price

to open a heart,
a soul.
I scaled the
spiral medium
and looked out at the sky.

There was Tom,

Uncle Dick,
Grandmom,

Mom,
pouring over the sides
of clouds,
down cheeks,
into the shafts of
my bones.

Urgency led
my tremulous hands,
lighting wick
after wick,
as the boy
tossed burnt
pleas into
a box.

I knelt on the solid base
of my doubt,
trying to get a glimpse
of the cross,
but my eyes were
drawn to the
loyal blue heavens.

They removed 25,000 tons
of rock for me to believe…
a small price
to open a heart,
a soul.

Click on this link for facts about plastic bags. Most supermarkets sell very inexpensive reusable bags now. I purchased six. Now I have to work on remembering to bring them into the store with me. One step at a time.