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Today's
Meditation:
It's
extremely painful to watch what's happening to this planet
that we call home. Floating plastic in the oceans
that covers thousands of square miles, climate change
caused by the ways that we release carbon into the
atmosphere, animals that die because of the packaging that
we carelessly throw away-- we act as if we own this place,
that it's all ours, and that we can do anything that we
want to it. But it's not, and we can't.
On
the day I die, I want to be able to say that I did
everything that I could on a personal level to take care
of this planet that's so good to me, that sustains my life
without asking for anything back from me other than a bit
of responsibility. And actually, the planet doesn't
even request that responsibility-- it simply gives me all
that I need to survive without asking for anything.
My conscience is what tells me that I need to contribute
to the sustainability of the planet and all that lives on
it, and my hope is that I live up to the demands that my
conscience makes on me.
We
have to make decisions every day about just about
everything. It seems that those decisions should
include ones that have us take care of this planet so that
it can continue to take care of us-- and especially our
children. The legacy that we're putting together
today should be one that we're proud of, especially when
it concerns leaving a livable planet for our children to
enjoy. I can do my part by using less disposable
plastic, using my car less, using less water, creating
less pollution, wasting less food, planting trees when
possible, picking up trash (even if it isn't mine), and on
and on.
I
need to be responsible in the ways that I treat this
planet, and I need to not worry about what others are
doing-- the only thing that I have any control over is what
I do. I want to be a person who contributes to the
well-being of this planet partly because it's simply the
right thing to do and partly because I want our children
to have a world that will support them and nurture them
when they grow up. As things are going currently,
that's not the planet that we're making.
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