Happy Earth Day

This year's theme is Planet vs. Plastics. Please remember to reduce your usage of plastics. Recycle or reuse your plastic bags, cartons, cups, utensils, etc. Any amount of reduce waste will help. In our office, we collect soda cans and donate them to the next person we see collecting them from the trash. We can do this because once our garbage bag is filled, we put it in my trunk. We also give it to our patients when they come in.  Just like the magazines we collect for our senior citizens to read in their residential home. 
Books that are given to us are shared in the neighborhood little "library". I love that I can just put books there for others to read. Talking about books, we love to share 2 of our favorite books with our newborn "future patients", The Brown Bear book and The Tooth book by Dr. Seuss. Isn't the second one obvious? If you ask, I can probably recite the tooth book for you.
I also give my barely worn or new clothes from my kids to my young patients. In my culture, it is believed that worn clothes have spirit in them. When a child is a good one, whoever wears their clothes will also be a good child.  That is why I warn all my young patients and their parents about the clothes they are about to wear. There is some truth to the spirit in materials. Ask me about the time I tried to buy a floor mirror at a consignment store...scary.
Enjoy your Earth Day, earthlings. Save the planet for our kids and grandkids. Keep the air clean for ourselves and our other inhabitants. Life is a cycle, from plants to humans. Let's keep this cycle going for as long as possible for longevity sake. 
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