New Direction

I started this blog 15 months ago and focused on the mundane most of the time. I would like to expand it by taking a step back and looking at the Earth and her inhabitants from a more objective view.

The Earth will continue long after each of us has moved on. Our collective behavior today jeopardizes much of life here, including human. Our technical knowledge and use of her resources to care for an increasing population needing sustenance to live have exceeded the law of diminishing returns.

We are here to enjoy the Earth's bounty that includes consideration of her and all of her inhabitants, on land and under water. Not only the human species, but all life, including the immobile like plants, trees, and stones. Our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and those who have yet to be born should be foremost in our thoughts as we create our lives on this planet. Instead of reacting out of fear of shortages; like fossil fuel, clean air, clean water, land, and productive top soil, we need to look forward and take the baby steps that contribute to the benefit of the whole. Money is not the prominent solution. How each individual consciously acts to protect through conservation is the foremost important step.

Today, in the 21st century, we are living in an era not experienced before in the history of the earth as we know it. We are surprised by Nature's activities in the form of drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes, and climate changes, especially when her actions seem to be intensifying. Yet, when looking back, what is happening today has happened before as part of normal evolution. An example is that in the last 1100 years, there have been two droughts in California; one lasted 220 years and the other 140 years. This knowledge was learned by looking at the growth of conifers. Imagine as part of evolution, this state will experience another drought with the population the size it is. We live such short lives compared to the earth that our experiences are limited. We need to expand our consciousness to be more flexible and ready to change.

We are reaching the peak of the earth's resources in the form of drinkable water and oil; the first required for life to exist, and the second essential to our way of life. There are many books published on oil depletion and it is a subject of controversy and speculation. Drinkable water is becoming more of a focus due to its deterioration. Articles are prevalent reflecting the pollution of the humans with waste and byproducts. Weather cycles are shifting in ways outside the norm that we have kept records on.

The hand-writing is on the wall, displayed in every part of the world. There is no escape, whether you are rich or poor. We need to learn to live in alignment with the ecosystems, and have a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to 'evolve', knowing that we do not have the controlling hand.

What you read here, I wrote on September 19, 2006. Over 3 years have passed and we move closer to the turning point. I wish all of you a warm and heartfelt Christmas. May 2010 be welcomed and each challenge met on your path handled with a view for the 'whole.' We are all here for a reason at this juncture of Earth's evolution.