Good News
Good news. As I look around on this earth day, I see plenty of reasons to feel good. From where I stand, I see more and more people participating in a positive way in the community around them.
More gardens are being planted, more voices standing up for the planet, more children being reunited with the natural world, more care for the world that still remains.
Maybe the way I’m looking at it is a matter of a glass half-full or half-empty but it’s also exponential the way one act can touch off a chain reaction. When I moved into this urban apartment after living in remote rural places most of my life, I felt totally cut off from the natural world. I got a few houseplants and put them around my apartment and then I expanded to a little potted garden on my balcony and now I feel like I live in a jungle! And my neighbors have started growing flowers and food, too. Now we are looking for a place to have a real garden.
People in the town where I live are taking more interest in what happens to the parks, the quality of the air, mass transit, bike lanes - a lot of issues that have been languishing for years. More people are finding ways to interact with the community to support themselves. What I see is people regaining their sense of self-determination and self-respect, willing to work for what they believe in.
To do the things we must do to survive as a species and as a society, it is going to take collective action. But first it is going to take heart. And I believe that each seed we plant and each cause we take on nurtures the heart of change. So I wish you the best in all your endeavors. May we all find peace and abundance in harmony with each other on this blue pearl in the vastness of space.