On nature

Nature is so amazing.

Whenever I'm sitting idly, I like to read the packages of whatever is sitting nearby whether its a box of cereal, sunscreen or some type of packaging. As long as I'm not doing anything, why not educate myself? I've learned that water and corn syrup are pretty much the staples of all food and that I imbibe lots of things that I can't pronounce.

Today there was a small box of baking soda sitting on my kitchen table as I ate. So i picked it up and read it as I ate. And I was struck by the all-encompassing nature of it. Baking soda is comparatively simple compared with the likes of many household cleaners that are highly toxic and terribly harmful for the earth. But here sits the most simple, most natural and yet most of the most versatile substances.

What stuck me as its strangest attribute was that it is such a versatile and effective cleaner, yet is completely edible and can even be used medicinally. It could clean really nasty messes that are most often treated with much harsher chemicals, but is gentle enough to wash your body, even your face(I have and it works very well indeed). Same goes for vinegar. My mom is so proud every time she uses it because it is so effective and as she is CONSTANTLY reminding me, earth friendly. Yet it too is edible. It seems that the simplest things are the safest, the most useful and the most versatile, so why don't we use them more often?

Nature has already given us the tools that we need. We just need to stop trying ot outsmart her and out-do her or we'll ruin this lovely place we call home with all our plastics and man-made chemicals.

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