I’m seeing email warnings about not placing pocketbooks on restaurant tables because they collect huge amounts of bacteria from public places, e.g. the floor in a toilet stall. So, placing them on tables could “make us very sick.”
Okay, let’s continue with this line of thinking. There’s the ketchup bottle, mustard container, salt and pepper shaker, utensils and plates – where have all the hands been that have held these items? We touch the chair we’re sitting on, and the table we’re sitting at. How clean are they? We’ve probably grabbed doorknobs along the way to the restaurant, or in the restaurant after washing our hands, before we reach our table. Perhaps the person at the next table has sneezed or coughed in our direction. On and on we can go about the ways in which bacteria can reach us. Hmm, what else? Oh, yes, the bread that’s been going from table to table, and don’t forget, we don’t know what’s going on in the kitchen where our food is being prepared – shall we send an email warning people about all this, too?
The thing is that human beings have lived through the holocaust, war, destruction of homes by weather and fire, are born into horrible conditions,, etc., leaving them vulnerable and certainly not able to wash their hands. But they live to tell entertaining and inspiring stories, and are stronger from having had those experiences. This is our world and we can either go out and play in it or find one thing after another to ruin the day.
Want to drive yourself nuts? Keep reading emails that warn against this ‘n that in an attempt to bring us to a new level of fear. Meanwhile, the owners of companies whose products are in the market place – you know the products, antibacterial this, antibacterial that – are laughing all the way to the bank because once again, the public has bought into fear.
The wise ones have said that if something is true for one person, it should be true for everyone. Oftentimes people have had similar experiences, and only one person “gets sick.”
Though the thing about pocketbooks and hats on dining tables: – not esthetically pleasing.
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“. . . Bacteria will not flourish destructively in an atmosphere into which they have not been “invited.” The calm, quiet, loving approach to life – at the same time backed by strong faith and belief in the essential goodness of human nature will prove to be the greatest mental-spiritual safeguard against any bacterial invasion.” ‘ Harry Douglas Smith, THE SECRET OF INSTANTANEOUS HEALING
“Perhaps one’s fear is of disease or germs. Then one should be fearless and undisturbed in a germ laden situation, and he would be immune. One can only contract germs while vibrating at the same rate as the germ, and fear drags men down to the level of the germ. Of course, the disease laden germ is the product of carnal mind, as all thought must objectify. Germs do not exist in the super conscious or divine mind, therefore, are the product of man’s “vain imagination. . . . Finally the army of the aliens is dissolved and dissipated because you do not give it your attention. You have starved the aliens out. Starve out the fear thoughts by not giving them your attention and acting your faith.” – Florence Scovel Shinn