Last Days?

     Myanmar. China. Tibet. South Africa. Darfur. Iraq. 911. Hurricane Katrina. The list goes on, and it is intensifying as time progresses. Each one of the above mentioned has the ability to cause us to recall a catastrophic experience related to it. For one decade, that is a lot for any planet to go through. But how many of these ‘occurrences' - these natural disasters that people keep trying to say have nothing to do with Global Warming - how many have occurred within the past year? I could see if you were reading a science book in a grade school that used events throughout history to illustrate scientific, geological, or meteorological terms. Then it would be easier to take it all in. But let's see: Typhoons, cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanoes erupting....

     All before you can finish your "grandehalfcaflatte". Wow.

     So then, mankind adds to that with wars, genocide, pollutants, and one of the worst of all culprits: ignorance.

     It seems to me that the Mother Earth is ill. Very ill. To the point where she has been forced to regurgitate the impurities that have been attacking her for eons. She has a fever; ice caps melt. Indigestion? Volcanoes. Nausea? Hurricanes. Or something like that. Humans, plants and animals can get sick. Why wouldn't the earth? Aren't we all made up of the same substances? There is a purging going on, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.

     It is unbelievable to think of the extent to which we have gone to damage an entire planet! And in such a brief amount of time! Literally - the blink of an eye! The magnitude of the repercussions we have yet to suffer frighten me; yet at the same time they bring about some very interesting thoughts:

• Is man really originally from this planet? [Yes - I went there.] It just doesn't make sense that everything else on the planet can follow the natural order of things; some can coexist from day one; what is taken from the Earth is given back. But Man? We are the ‘babies' of the planet, and it shows. It definitely shows. The question is: who's going to clean up this mess? Are we ‘grown up' enough - evolved enough - to do it? I honestly have to say ‘no'. We still use colored lights to tell us when to operate our ‘sophisticated machinery' on the road, and dotted lines to show us how to stay in a line. All of the technology we use to claim we are the ‘superior beings' have done the most damage! We're doomed!

• Is it possible that the books and prophesy of old are ‘forecasts'? I mean that in an "if you play with fire, you'll get burned" sort of way. Is it possible that generations of old were just smarter; wiser; more in tune with their surroundings? I don't believe that idea is so far-fetched. Honestly, most of us today would get lost in a forest and not even know how to look for clues to find our direction (try learning about moss or take a crash course in constellations, for starters). We had to know we were going to run out of fossil fuels eventually. It took millions of years to make; yet we used it all in how long???

• Is the damage irreparable? The Earth - just like our own bodies - has a system in place for repairing itself. Or at least it used to. We call it the ‘Ecosystem'. And just like our bodies, there are many other processes in place that contribute to one main idea: to preserve and sustain life. Is man's intention to preserve life? Do we have enough people with the conscience to want to make a difference, and just as many to actually DO SOMETHING to make a difference?

     Sadly, if man stays true to form, we will find a way to be at odds about what ‘way' is the ‘best way'. Here's a thought: Maybe there are MANY DIFFERENT ways! Maybe it's not just prayer alone; collective conscience alone; solar panels alone; fair trade alone - but a culmination of these things that will be required to bring about change. Does that sound so far-fetched?

     It is a shame to think that lives weigh in the balance while people are trying to decide who's right about how to save them. And while you may read that statement, trying to rationalize it and believe that methods should be tested before put to use - you know deep down that's not the real issue. The REAL issue is about who gets to be ‘right'.

     I am making a plea - on behalf of Mother Earth, our families, our children, and generations of life to come: While the ‘powers that be' are still trying to figure it all out; still trying to be ‘right', or the ‘winner' or the ‘superior one', do what you know is ‘right'. Pray. Learn. Educate. Organize. Work. Conserve. Celebrate. Love. Pick one or choose to do them all. But for Earth's sake - do something!