Green thought for the day. Step One: Realization

Good morning!

I never imagined I would have a blog. But you know what? I do. In fact I have two blogs now. This particular blog has been born because I realized my other blog has a tendency to turn a bit towards political, environmental and social issues, and I tend to go into "rants." With that said, I thought I would organize myself a bit here and dedicate a page to my green efforts. I want to make it a point to share my thoughts in a more constructive way. Rants are necessary to revolution, but there is a point where you must move from the anger and mobilize yourself and be positive. Nobody wants to hear another angry person and that's just the truth. So after attending another class that reminded me of how our world is hurting, I felt a need to more actively participate in resuscitating our lovely planet. This blog is my dedication and attempt to share what I learn and do in my daily life to keep a healthy conscience and an awareness of my connectedness to everything on Mother Earth.

The only constant in the universe is change, and I hope every day that human beings can make the changes necessary to save our planet. The whole "going green" campaign is nothing new, but I am all about resharing and relearning information, especially because it is very important.

Today's green thought lies in a quote that was introduced to me last night in my Ecology and Health course.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

"The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."

Every species has played this game of survival. We play this game everyday, and every move we make in the wrong direction will not be overlooked. However it can be corrected. The part about this quote that is not stated clearly but that is so important is that the goal of this chess game (the game of life), is not about winning. We, humankind are not here on Earth to BEAT the rules of nature, but to make the game last as long as we can.

So the first step in making this game last to its full potential is the recognition that we are not here to dominate the world or nature, we are here to coexist. Only once we the people are willing to acknowledge our role in the world, and admit that we are not here to "beat" each other, our children, our land, our animals, we can make leaps and bounds for our civilization, individually, locally, nationally, and globally.