Monday Morning Blues

Monday morning.  Another scorcher.  You'd think we'd be getting used to this by now, but, heck, I can get used to the cold, but have never been able to get used to the heat.  Can't deal with it.  Can't stand the sweating...the wet head, the clothes sticking to your body.  Can't stand the heaviness of the air and the difficulty in breathing.  Last night they must have had another brownout.  That's when the lower the electrical amps so we don't receive full power.  Kept waking up throughout the night.  The AC was on, but it was hot.  

Sometimes I wonder.  What if this is a sign of things to come?  What if this is going to be 'every' summer from now on, and eventually, the winter, too?  What if?  Scary thought, isn't it?  The changes in our weather patterns appear to be a sign of upheaval....and, as weather patterns become more and more unbalanced, will we experience further temperature extremes?  And sadly, we have ourselves to blame for this mess.
 

"Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
--Chief Seattle, 1854--

Our earliest ancestors, those who lived through and survived the Ice Age, those who hunted in the forests, they had no need to get closer to nature ...or even to consider their relationship to it...for the fact is, they WERE nature...They were an intricate part of the natural world...and what a wondrous way it was to live.  

But then, as time went on, everything began to change.  Humankind discovered farming and no longer felt a part of the natural world.  Now they had learned that they could control it and bend it to suit their needs.  Mankind not only domesticated the plants and the animals, but they also sought to domesticate the landscape and to reshape the Earth to fit their individual needs.
And after centuries of abuse, it now appears to be catching up with us.  The world is in a state of neglect....with our smoking factories spewing toxic fumes into the atmosphere, garbage piles, dead and stagnant rivers and destruction of the rain forests.  These are the outward symptoms of our problems. The fact is,the root cause goes much deeper; it starts within us....when we stop loving, when we stopped caring for our Mother Earth, we began to pollute ourselves and our thoughts. Most people don't see the changes...or choose not to see the changes...the changes that are beginning to manifest everywhere.  Temperature changes, extinctions, severe weather patterns, earthquakes. For goodness sake, the Earth is crying out to us. Why is it so hard to listen?  We must stop polluting our environment and begin to show our gratitude to the Earth again.  She is our Mother and She loves and nourishes us with all that we need....even though we have ravaged and nearly destroyed her. It's time for us to wake up, and it's not just a matter of hugging a tree; it's a matter of survival for all of us.
 

Honor the sacred
Honor the Earth, our Mother.
Honor the Elders.
Honor all with who we
share the Earth--
Four-leggeds, two-leggeds,
winged ones,
Swimmers, crawlers,
plant and rock people
Walk in balance and beauty.
--Native American Elder--