(Written in June 2010)
\nI\u2019m feeling very sad. Don\u2019t know what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s been wearing off as the day goes on. I try to hold it with compassion. I told Karen yesterday, that I feel like we\u2019re engaged in a battle, the long ongoing battle of the rich and powerful against the weak and vulnerable. Which is resulting in unhappy, sick, driven, addicted people and a degraded environment. There\u2019s no way we can win this battle. Even if we manage to stop global warming, even if we manage to allocate financial resources more equitably, it is an impoverished world we live in and an impoverished world we will pass on to the next generation. This is good reason to be sad, good reason for grieving.
\nI went down to Lynelle to get a hug and tell her how sad I was, with this sense of a losing battle. She said \u201cGod is bigger than we are\u201d, which was a help intellectually but did not change my emotions. So far, the morning sadness has worn off as the day goes on.
\nI was just sitting here, thinking how much I love the Earth, and how sad I am that so many people don\u2019t, and are willing to trash and exploit Nature\u2019s bounty. I sent a wave of love out to the trees, and felt a wave of love coming back, and then an amused reminder: in this struggle the earth will win. One way or another: we will mostly die out and the earth will go on with only a few humans and a degraded environment, or we will manage to build a sustainable culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Written in June 2010) I\u2019m feeling very sad. Don\u2019t know what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s been wearing off as the day goes on. I try to hold it with compassion. I told Karen yesterday, that I feel like we\u2019re engaged in … Continue reading