Ani DiFranco - "Evolve" no Programa do Jô

She is so fruckin awesome.

Respiratory System (2nd Ed., Rev.) (Clip)

Did you know that we have 300 million aveoli in our lungs? that is equivalent to 70 square feet which measures out to be the size of a tennis court! so cool. atelectasis is a severe condition in which the aveoli collapse due to pulmonary edema, bronchiole obstruction, increased mucous secretions, immobility and other factors. this helps me remember so i figured i would share!

ERIK H. ERIKSON: A LIFE'S WORK ( DAVIDSON FILMS )

I'm fascinated by human development. In nursing school, they have been teaching us the developmental and cognitive process of individuals as a part of nursing care. no wonder they made us take developmental psych as a pre-req.

Although there are many theorists such as Gould, Freud, Piaget, Erickson focuses on the entire life span. our nursing professors have us primarily focus on his theory along with Maslow.

He believes these 8 stages are predetermined and one can not succeed to the next without having fulfilled the prior stage.

My immediate raw thoughts are; how could my life be summed up or predetermined in 8 stages? and who is some theorist/psychologist to say this is the order in which they happen or that there is an end to one's development?

what if one step is accomplised but years later, a regression occurs then what would you call that phase?

how can one function in society and relationships if the most fundamental steps are missing or denied?

That being Trust, Integrity, Intimacy and so on.

reminds me of the song by Ingrid Michaelson "Everybody". Everybody, everybody wants to love, everybody everybody wants to be loved.

but how can we love if we weren't shown? lame excuse. there is usually someone ( i certainly hope) that would one day show us love, befriend us, nurture and take care of us.

responsiblity.

that should be a stage! we have a responsibility to take care and to care.

that brings me to another question.

Where does this all begin? is the the ability to nurture and love innate within us? or is it learned by demonstration?

So let's take my professor's example he used in lecture. There are two cells (unknown). They are each inserted into a petri dish to study over a certain period of time. The cells begin to pulsate and move towards one another and begin to join... interesante.

so bump that Erikson! it all begins with a cell! Lol!

What do you call a phobia? - Qi - BBC

Questions

Living in them.
Waiting without answers.
I am not really ok with the waiting part. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of movement in a direction?
Even if it's the wrong one?
I trust that it will be corrected if its wrong, and i believe it will still be fruitful. come what may.

the simple truth; a creature seperates from an old way of existence to then enter a time of metamorphosis and emerge to a new level of being.
like a chrysalis.
nature has a way of showing us this process. i believe this is how an answer is revealed. not an answer that solves the problem or takes the pain away. most of the time it confirms that we can't run away.. we can't speed it up, we can't avoid pain. we are weak but strength is on the brink. we just have to wait. edure. hope. trust. and most importantly let go.

so i ask myself these questions in the midst of my spiritual journey.
What holds me together?
Where do i put my trust?
Am i being my true, unfettered self?
What am I holding on to?
What do i need to let go?

the questions feel something like wilderness. i can either explore it or get lost in it.
if we stripped ourselves to our very core,the essense of who we are, what would that look like?
who would we be?
it's hard to imagine us without those things. because they make us who we are.. but its interesting to think about it.

YouTube - Nurses documentary

YouTube - Nurses documentary

A little song of love

You captivate me
Your in my thoughts
Your smell it takes me

Beyond
Beyond my imagination
Beyond everything

So meet me here
So meet me here

Lets run together
and go real far
through fields of flowers
and be who we are

So meet me here
So meet me here

And love eachother
Lets love eachother
And love forever
And love