Tara + all,
I’m a 28 year old young lady in central coast California. I am a nurse who started on this path with a deep desire for connection, to heal people, and to serve the part of me who incessantly cared for others. What I have gotten over my first year of nursing is in stark opposition to everything I stand for. I found a job that …
I’m a 28 year old young lady in central coast California. I am a nurse who started on this path with a deep desire for connection, to heal people, and to serve the part of me who incessantly cared for others. What I have gotten over my first year of nursing is in stark opposition to everything I stand for. I found a job that has accepted my exemption, and although it is the last job I would have ever lined up for, I think I’ll have to work it until I can find another way to use my license. I am the nurse who doles out medication after medication, attempting to reason with my elderly patients and eyeing in disgust the food they consume, who goes home to a fully natural home.
In this field, I am looked at as the one who is unconcerned for her health because of my choice not to be vaccinated. I, the woman who on my two days off prepares nourishing foods for my fiancé and I, makes sourdough, meal plans, finds farmers markets, makes my own laundry detergent/soap/home cleaner. I am the nurse who sits out in the sunshine and fresh air to eat my lunch that I packed, listen to the Wise Traditions podcast, and drink my homemade kombucha…but I somehow am “disregarding” my health. I try not to be frustrated and emotionally drained- your fortitude and articulation are inspiration to me.
Until we are able to move into the lush valley, buy land, and give a big “so what” to those who try to push us out of civilization, my fiancé and I are here. We’re here, trying to form connections with those who think differently than us (which is about everyone in this state), to emulate the ideal of “inclusion” which is so incredibly misconstrued by those who actually use that term, and to be grateful for the fact that we do not wish to participate in any of the things that are being taken away from us.
I have so many more thoughts, but I wanted to thank you for giving us the gift of your words and the glimpse into your life.
Emilly. Emily eating sourdough under the sun. What a picutre. I like you.
Isn't it a sign of our times when a person can go to such lengths to take care of her health and, when compared to someone who has done nothing other than agree to an experimental procedure, somehow comes out as less responsible? It's such fabulous propaganda if you think about it. "You, the righteous, will be exalted for doing nothing at all!" Ahhhhh at last!
I have family members that are obese, eat garbage, have never exercised, watch tv all night, are on a myriad of medications and always have one ailment after the other. And you know what? I don't care. I love them anyway. It no longer goes both ways. Pharma has given them a new measure of saintly-ness and we're not on it. I just one more thinking on that one, you know? Is that too much to ask?
In the meantime, every kombucha you brew, every sunbeam you capture on your skin, every meal you eat with your beloved, is an act of love and a vote for different. It matters. I don't know how or why, but it truly does. We must all be a part of a new way of being, free of fear, motivated by the beautiful things. Just like you know because you're doing it. And, yes, roll your eyeballs mightily at the meds and the elderly if you must. You could even try whispering a little blessing over them, too.That counts.
Not sure how to connect in real life outside this little corner of the internet but there seems to be several of us here on Central Coast California and it would be great to meet up! I know a good beach or two ;)
Tara + all,
I’m a 28 year old young lady in central coast California. I am a nurse who started on this path with a deep desire for connection, to heal people, and to serve the part of me who incessantly cared for others. What I have gotten over my first year of nursing is in stark opposition to everything I stand for. I found a job that has accepted my exemption, and although it is the last job I would have ever lined up for, I think I’ll have to work it until I can find another way to use my license. I am the nurse who doles out medication after medication, attempting to reason with my elderly patients and eyeing in disgust the food they consume, who goes home to a fully natural home.
In this field, I am looked at as the one who is unconcerned for her health because of my choice not to be vaccinated. I, the woman who on my two days off prepares nourishing foods for my fiancé and I, makes sourdough, meal plans, finds farmers markets, makes my own laundry detergent/soap/home cleaner. I am the nurse who sits out in the sunshine and fresh air to eat my lunch that I packed, listen to the Wise Traditions podcast, and drink my homemade kombucha…but I somehow am “disregarding” my health. I try not to be frustrated and emotionally drained- your fortitude and articulation are inspiration to me.
Until we are able to move into the lush valley, buy land, and give a big “so what” to those who try to push us out of civilization, my fiancé and I are here. We’re here, trying to form connections with those who think differently than us (which is about everyone in this state), to emulate the ideal of “inclusion” which is so incredibly misconstrued by those who actually use that term, and to be grateful for the fact that we do not wish to participate in any of the things that are being taken away from us.
I have so many more thoughts, but I wanted to thank you for giving us the gift of your words and the glimpse into your life.
Emilly. Emily eating sourdough under the sun. What a picutre. I like you.
Isn't it a sign of our times when a person can go to such lengths to take care of her health and, when compared to someone who has done nothing other than agree to an experimental procedure, somehow comes out as less responsible? It's such fabulous propaganda if you think about it. "You, the righteous, will be exalted for doing nothing at all!" Ahhhhh at last!
I have family members that are obese, eat garbage, have never exercised, watch tv all night, are on a myriad of medications and always have one ailment after the other. And you know what? I don't care. I love them anyway. It no longer goes both ways. Pharma has given them a new measure of saintly-ness and we're not on it. I just one more thinking on that one, you know? Is that too much to ask?
In the meantime, every kombucha you brew, every sunbeam you capture on your skin, every meal you eat with your beloved, is an act of love and a vote for different. It matters. I don't know how or why, but it truly does. We must all be a part of a new way of being, free of fear, motivated by the beautiful things. Just like you know because you're doing it. And, yes, roll your eyeballs mightily at the meds and the elderly if you must. You could even try whispering a little blessing over them, too.That counts.
Not sure how to connect in real life outside this little corner of the internet but there seems to be several of us here on Central Coast California and it would be great to meet up! I know a good beach or two ;)