Happy Friday … at least from where I sit!! And, I don’t think that this is an accident … so … TGIF with me!! TGIF, DONE!
Well, as the States and its “experiment in democracy” faces a full-throttle challenge, I continue on my journey “to be the best that I can be”! I am grateful to be alive and have the opportunity to contribute to this task. I’m sure that you’ve noticed already, but there is so much controversy, destruction, and chaos prevalent that the average “Jane” and “Joe” can’t even think straight anymore!! There in Russia, we have a person in power (not a leader) who seems to be living out his worst nightmares as he imposes his will on Ukraine! Not to mention that “Pewtin” (lol) is affecting the entire Planet!! As I sat Thursday afternoon watching specials of a program, “Call to Earth Day!”, I wondered what call would reach this monster. His behavior like #45 has taken humanity to another all-time low. I don’t know which was worse, though we can agree that neither is acceptable, 400 years of slave trade focusing on Africans … or … the attempted extermination of hundreds of millions of Jews! The Planet is at another more comprehensive “watershed” where we humans can’t seem to use our intelligence to get our VALUES straight. I mean, the country was really an experiment that took off nearly unharnessed. Now we are faced with the repercussions of having a capitalist society and world with no “ceiling” or limitations to ensure that everyone is given a good opportunity to actually “live”. In other words, we should be concerned that everyone gets “enough”.
In our capitalist world, there are NO LIMITS. Ask Jeff Bezos who has agreed to contribute several billion dollars to help “save the planet” from human greed, consumption, and destruction. In one segment, a woman named Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist, and her family have begun a very strong and effective program to refurbish, if you will, the natural ingredients of the Planet’s oceans. I mean, I would love to see the ocean and its floor around Tahiti!! Do you think that some of the wealthiest inhabitants should “give something back” to the “world” if you will, that allowed them (along with their work and investment skills, perhaps) to get so much of what we capitalists have become accustomed to calling “wealth”? Can you think of anyone??? Hmmm??? Is it YOU?!? Anyway, as the youth have been saying at the end of these “Call to Earth” segments, “What’s yours?”
I know that it might be hard if you are accustomed to lying incessantly and being lied to, even more, you may not think that “TRUTH” matters. Trust me … it does! So, as our flawed world continues to turn … thanks to the Creator maybe we can find some love for the Planet we live on as well as for the other creatures that we cohabit with the Planet. Don’t just be “greedy” … find a way to GIVE BACK. It creates a better planetary vibration!
Peace … and Blessings!
John I. Cook, Director
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