Page 22 - Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring

Figure 3. Young Girls Walking by Edouard Vuillard, c. 1891.

INTERLuDE
You/We who do not know the future of nursing and health care
We/You who know too much of the past
Now step into new space
You/We create new options
Envision new hopes
And possibilities not yet dreamt of—
Vibrating possibilities
Waiting to unfold for humanity, for health, for healing
For Being-Doing-Becoming Nursing in a new tune.
Learning a new song—
A new sound, a new rhythm, a new Voice
Opening to that which might be, not conforming to what already is
And which no longer serves
Self, society
You/We the old and new
As you encounter anyone who tells you
Nursing is less than what you know and believe
Bless them and turn away.
If what anyone tells you is fear-based, limited, or limiting
Also bless them and turn away.
Turn toward love and caring from own deep self.
You are the source of your own power and possibilities
Jw