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Together We Stand
By karen | September 22, 2007
Fall has long been my favorite time of year. The long hot days give way to cooler temperatures and the weather becomes perfect, not too hot, not too cold. The temperatures also have a wonderful predictability in the fall where I live, rather than the “teaser” temperatures from the spring, when it can be warm and wonderful and turn back to freezing again, often on the same day.
I love the colors of the foliage and I love to watch the leaves turn their bright shades of oranges, reds, browns. I watch the mountains by my house every day for the inevitable changes in colors and often I can see a dusting of snow at the tops.
Today is September 22, it was 5 months ago today that we celebrated Earth day, on April 22, 2007. I wrote a piece celebrating Earth day and as I go back and read, I realize that I could have done better in the past 5 months on the suggestions I offered. But the consciousness is there and every day I will try to offer up my love and reverence to this beautiful planet that we live on.
But today is September 22 and today I have a new consciousness, something a bit more frightening, something a bit more alarming.
You see this is the weekend that has traditionally been the weekend of the peak fall colors in my state. It is not the 22nd but rather the 3rd weekend of September that in the past years has always been the time to take the drive, or hike the trail in order to see and enjoy the brightest and most intense days of the fall color change.
But this year is different. As I look up at the mountains, the leaves are not in a full color change as expected but rather the leaves are still mostly green, perhaps a little lighter green, with just a few glimpses of the beginnings of the color changes. This year it looks like what we expect on the first week in September and it is now the third week in September. This year the colors are late.
(imagine John Mayer singing)
“just waiting, waiting, waiting on the leaves to change”
I believe that there is only a stream of well-being in the Universe but I also know that as humans we can block that stream of well-being.
Last night we watched “An Inconvenient Truth”
It’s time to do what we can as individuals. We need to honor and protect our beautiful Mother Earth. I offered some suggestions in the Earth Day post, of course there are many things we can do. We just have to make an effort.
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September 25th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I’m glad you posted this because I have a question about the environment and the LOA and maybe you’ve thought about this. I promise I’m not being snarky at all, I’m really curious about what other people think.
If we deliberately create our reality (which for me is a given) and if a lot of energy put towards something (negative or otherwise) it manifests that much stronger, what are cries of “Global Warming! Global Warming!” doing? I mean, I feel it’s really important to respect the environment and live a conscious life in all ways, but sometimes I feel like all the energy put towards the issue of global warming is manifesting it that much quicker. I feel like if we put all that energy into something other than the great “no” that’s being shouted about it like putting the focus on respecting the earth without all the fear it would be a lot more productive.
I would love to hear your thoughts about this.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Hi Kimberly,
I have thought about it and I agree that the cries of fear are compounding the problem. I even put off watching the movie until just last week because I didn’t want to fight against the situation.
I believe there is only a source of well-being and we really do need to focus on respecting and loving the earth rather than the fear of “global warming”. But I also know that I can only affect my own vibration so I will focus on the things that make me feel good. It makes me feel good to look outside and see that today there is a sprinkling of snow on the tops of the mountains and the colors are coming out now in their glory. It makes me feel good to use less of the plastic bags at the store (bringing my own) and using less of the paper for unnecessary receipts. It makes me feel good to open the windows and let in the light rather than turning on the light. Replacing my light bulbs with those twisty kind that save energy feels good.
I can only focus on what feels good to me and hopefully enough people can start doing that and setting an example.
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