Relationships for Life

[Guest guest]

AMEN

Janet

This is the cause...so you can imagine the affect after twelve years.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

[Guest guest]

Mold is not the " kiss of death " - lying about it or denying it exist -

is... "

For every " cause there is an affect " .

Some of us may remember from our earlier lessons the truism - " as a

man sows so also shall he reap " . Or in more scientific and Newtonian

terms, for " every action there is a reaction " .

Even the most " primitive " cultures have long understood and

respected the almost sacred relationship we have with our physical

world. Yet while our technology has helped advance the process and

evolution of our modern world, it has also left many of us with an

attitude of indifference and disregard for the both power and

destructive capabilities of nature when she is pushed to her limits.

" Relationships for Life " - our key message shared throughout our

site - underscores the relationship between the decisions we make and

the outcomes.

More directly, it highlights the connection between the materials we

use to build and maintain our homes and building structures, and the

possible long term consequences.

It also calls attention to the often complex nature and

relationships between the materials utilized to construct a home,

and how these materials react and affect adjoining materials, and the

final structure.

But most importantly, " Relationships for Life " suggest that the best

relationships are relationships which are built upon solid science

and principle and which unify rather than disband.

An architect, a builder, contractor, and the numerous tradesmen who

design, engineer and build the homes and buildings we occupy, are

related to us, and will forever be part of our lives. Even though we

might never meet them, or even know they exist, the truth remains; we

are " related " .

We live with the decisions they make, and will make, and live healthy

or unhealthy lives based upon the choices they make when they first

conceived the blueprints and ideas to construct our homes and

buildings.

Buildings are typically constructed using standardized processes

and materials. These building materials are tested and retested

using methods accepted by the building departments and testing

agencies assigned to monitor and govern these industries. Structures

are also built by contractors who secure a contract to build a given

project based on several factors, including the fact they were " low

bid " or the most competitive.

Does this mean we have buildings that are perfect or without faults,

or are immune to failure? Does this mean we have structures that are

riddled with cheap materials and defects? No. We occupy buildings and

live in homes which are for the most part safe and secure. They

protect us from the cold and elements which would otherwise paralyze

and even kill us. They perform extremely well and will if maintained

not develop conditions which affect our health and make us sick.

But the fact remains buildings fail - roofs leak - pipes break - and

on even fewer occasion, nature comes knocking and when it is " that

time " she may demand - no insist on reclaiming what is naturally and

rightly hers.

It is at that moment when our lives move ever so closer to the lives

of the men and women who took part in the building and shaping of our

homes. It is at that instant when the relationship between the

choices which were made when our homes where being built, becomes

clearer.

We live in a natural world - a world connected to the physical and

natural world. There is a relationship between the quality of our

lives and the materials used to build the structures we live in. If

the structures we use and live in are built reasonably well, and if

we are responsible in the use of these buildings. And if we respect

and maintain these buildings and homes, our lives should be happier,

healthier, and less likely to develop the problems and failures many

of us are at this e-Group destination to learn how to minimize

and how to prevent.

Carrillo

911mold.com

" Relationships for Life "

The full - but short - essay continues on the following link/page

http://911mold.com/911/articles.htm