Love your Mother

If you know me at all, you know that I am not "religious" in the technical, direct sense of the word. I had a boyfriend in high school who used to tell me all the time that I could be "spiritual" without taking part in an organized religion. I didn't understand what he meant until much later. These days, I am perfectly comfortable with my belief that there is something greater than me, but I am unwilling to name it. I feel that labeling something often takes away its value. To me, spirituality is still mystical, which is as it should be. I don't understand how the cosmos "banged" together and how life formed and how we evolved to get to this point. I mean, I understand the science (well, mostly), but I'm always left with the question: Yes, but how did it START? There is no right answer. I think the beauty of that is in the reality that we can never truly know. What I DO know is that as far as we are aware, we have only one Earth, only one planet which can sustain human life. And we are slowly killing her. I'm not even going to go into the politics of the situation (I'll save that for my partner, who does a great job of it here). But we are quickly approaching catastrophe, and nobody is doing anything about it on a large enough scale. Gas prices here in Mississippi are topping $3.60, and nobody is changing their habits. How high do they have to go before people realize there's a supply and demand problem (that is also politically fueled, but again, I'm saving that for others more knowledgeable)? Our resources are dwindling, but until it affects us directly, I'm sad to say that most Americans won't give a damn. But I give a damn, and I'm going to keep fighting.



As with most feelings I have, there's an Indigo Girls song that matches perfectly. Here's a video featuring that "perfect" song.

Happy Earth Day everyone. Try to take time out of every day to appreciate our planet and bask in the wonder.