Pasteurized milk

Pasteurization is the simple process of heating something for a specific period of time and temperature and then rapidly cooling it to kill microorganisms. We take for granted pasteurized milk because we are so used to seeing it on every milk carton and the fact people dont die from milk borne illnesses anymore. I would guess most people don’t know what pasteurized milk is and what they are purchasing.

The reality is that until the late 1800s, when Louis Pasteur, milk-borne illnesses were hazardous to children, buying pasteurized milk was at a premium.

We forget how far we come along to make things safer. Seat belts, traffic laws, 9-1-1, vaccines, the extinction of sabertooth tigers…as we continue to make the world physically safer, we think this means we can make the same rapid progress for emotional safety.

But there is no scientific process for overcoming our fears or standing up to injustice. That’s molded and learned over experience and time. Even then, we must have the guts to stand up and say something. Experience is not even a guarantee. But it does help when we realize that most of the time when we find the courage to speak, nothing will physically happen. We can see when the two are separated.