#detox

Credit: Thefarmacyreal (Facebook) "A peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science revealed that two out of three dogs diagnosed with certain types of cancer (e.g. lymphoma) had been exposed to benzene at DNA-damaging, genotoxic levels. The research proved that the volatile organic compound (VOC) Benzene is directly genotoxic to canine lymphoid cells, causing measurable DNA strand breaks and oxidative damage that often precede a formal cancer diagnosis. Because dogs live closer to the ground where heavy chemical vapors naturally settle, breathe faster than humans, and frequently lick their paws, they are uniquely vulnerable to absorbing these invisible environmental toxins. In everyday environments, both humans and animals are exposed to benzene primary by breathing contaminated indoor air, or through accidental skin contact. In the home, benzene is continuously released by common items such as household cleaners, synthetic air fresheners, scented candles, paints, glues, and emissions from gas stoves or tobacco smoke. It also enters the household via manufactured personal care products—like contaminated aerosol dry shampoos or deodorants—and outdoor tracking of gasoline fumes, motor vehicle exhaust and industrial pollution. Once absorbed, benzene undergoes metabolic activation in the liver and moves into the bone marrow, where it acts as a known carcinogen for both species. Chronic exposure causes severe hematological damage, including bone marrow suppression, a depleted immune system, and an increased risk of blood-related malignancies like leukemia in humans and malignant lymphoma in dogs. Check out the comments section for the full effects of Benzene on humans and animals and a list of brands of cleaning supplies that are benzene, xylene and formaldehyde free! ❤️ SEE PMID: 42052348" #detox #pets

#funny

#health

#health

#AharmlessJape

“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity, and arrogance they display. And yet these fools find other fools who applaud them; for the like-minded always flock together, and besides, the more worthless a thing is, the more it is admired by the majority of people.” — Erasmus #MediocreTalent #badArt #Erasmus

#beebalm

#DavidBohm

#freezingblueberries

“It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.” Oriah Mountain Dreamer Artist: Catrin Welz-Stein Paired by Whispers from the Heart (Facebook)

#Nature

Credit: Homeschooling for Beginners (Facebook) #parenting

Credit: Homeschooling for Beginners (Facebook) #parenting

#parenting

#nature #fledglings

Credit: Guardians of Nature (Facebook) "You flick the porch light on a June night and within minutes the soft-winged crowd arrives — and most people never look closely enough to see how beautiful, and how harmless, the regulars are. None of these is eating your house or your sweaters. The fabric-eaters are tiny and live in dark closets; these big showy ones at the bulb are pollinators and moonlight wanderers. Meet five you'll see this month. The luna moth — pale green, long-tailed, the size of your palm — is the showstopper. It has no mouth and only about a week to live; it's here to find a mate, nothing more. The rosy maple moth — small, in sherbet pink and yellow like a frosted candy — looks invented. It isn't. It's one of the most common big moths in the East. The underwing moths — drab gray bark-mimics at rest — flash startling orange or red hindwings when they jump, a trick to spook a hungry bird. The sphinx, or hawk, moths — fast, heavy-bodied, hovering at flowers like a hummingbird at dusk — are some of the best night pollinators you have. And the tiger moths — furry, boldly patterned — whose caterpillars are the woolly bears you'll meet crossing the sidewalk in fall. Five moths at one bulb, and not one is a threat to anything you own. They're the flowers' night shift, and the reason your porch is briefly the most interesting place in the yard. Turn the light off when you're done. They've got a moon to follow." #moths #nightpollinators #backyardwildlife #nature

"Love comes from within you. When you ask for love from one another, you miss the very source of love. When you give love to another, you find the source of love within you. "Inasmuch as love grows in you, so in you beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." ~ St. Augustine Art by Donna Young

Credit: Pyramid Consciousness (Facebook) "The world does not reward what you think it rewards. Shakespeare wrote this line in Measure for Measure, but it cuts deeper than any single play. It is an observation about the structure of reality as most people actually experience it , not as they were taught to expect it. The corrupt climb. The honest stumble. The one who compromises reaches the position that the one who refused to compromise was passed over for. This is not cynicism. It is precision. Every genuine wisdom tradition has had to reckon with this fact. The Stoics did not promise that virtue would be rewarded in the world. They promised that virtue was its own reward, that the inner state of the person who acts rightly is fundamentally different from the inner state of the person who rises through corruption, regardless of what the outer circumstances show. Seneca wrote to Lucilius that the good man can lose everything except his goodness. This is not consolation. It is a different definition of winning. Jung understood that the psyche registers what the social world ignores. The person who rises through manipulation, dishonesty, or the exploitation of others does not escape the consequences of what they have done. They carry it. The shadow accumulates everything that was suppressed in the pursuit of power. What was gained outwardly is paid for inwardly, often in ways the person cannot even name. The figure consumed by the serpent above, the solitary figure sitting below, both are present in every life. The question is not whether you will fall or rise. The question is what you will have become by the time you find out which it is. Virtue does not protect you from falling. It determines who you are when you do." #PyramidConsciousness #Shakespeare #Virtue