Yet, I am can reflect on the way that our whole society has set itself up to consume. We have built our legacy on freedom yet we are slaves to consumption. At the detriment of our children and their children, we continue to consume. Its not just consumption that we seek, it is also convenience. The days of drinking out of a water hose in the back yard from the well water are diminished with the water we have today. I read somewhere that there is no pure water left on the planet. That all of our fresh water supply has some kind of chemical in it that was not there naturally a hundred years ago. I don't want to carry little plastic bottles that will poison my body if they reach a certain temperature and in those bottles contains drinking water that is poisoned by arsenic and other pollutants.
Our world is in need of a large reset. I know, I know that is a pipe dream. No resets, no do overs, then at least a re-think. A conversation, a global conversation where we are all working in the same direction and not undermining our neighbors by continuing to harm ourselves and our future.
Wow, got a little philosophical there for a minute.
Really, I just wanted to remind myself that I contribute to the problem every day and therein lies the problem. If I start doing things differently then that is one less person creating problems. That is all I can control and that is all I can focus on. There are hundreds of thousands of intelligent people in this world so it won't hurt me to act intelligently and thoughtfully to make a difference in my corner. That is all.
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