Reconnect with the Environment
Filed Under (Environment) by Nick on 15-10-2007
When you read or hear the word, Environment, what emotion does it stir inside? Is it fear of how it’s eroding away or something milder that more invokes concern rather than fear? Or, perhaps you feel the longing to escape the concrete jungle of man-made metal and glass trees?
For the past several decades, we’ve been inundated with environmental messages that are designed to invoke fear and concern for the damage that man has caused. These shock messages come with the hope that we’ll be better informed of the issues and perhaps help in ending the abuse. Has it worked? Well, it’s given Al Gore the opportunity to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
I believe that there are more positive and constructive ways in helping the environment. The current shock and awe messages have little effect with a society focused on selfish ambition with virtually no care for the future. The poverty class are lost and drunk with their dependency upon government handouts, the middle class are barely surviving, while the upper class are endlessly seeking satisfaction. Basically, people have stopped caring about anything beyond themselves.
Humanity has effectively divorced itself from mother nature. This will have grave consequences as a result. Unfortunately, one of the only ways to turn this around, is for humanity to re-connect with the environment. We need to stop thinking from the perspective of what we can do for the environment and focus more on realizing what the environment can do for us.
I sit here writing this and yearning to be up in the mountains, smelling the crisp cool and refreshing air. Hearing the sounds of nature all around. True life flowing like a river all around, rather than the rushing sounds of traffic on a nearby street. The peaceful natural glow of moonlight, rather than the mechanical glow from street lights.
The environment calls out to me. It’s peaceful while it sleeps and alive with adventure when it’s awake. It patiently awaits for me to return as I’m always the one walking away. While there, I feel free to be me. No expectations. No deadlines. No money. No politics. Just the environment, me, and others that have been called to enjoy in its splendor.
The environment has so much to offer us. It always has, and always will. It’s out there waiting to reconnect with you. Are you ready? Can you break away from your busy schedules and take a trip to the mountains, ocean, or even the desert? Can you leave your phone and watch behind?
The more we connect with the environment, the more we appreciate what it offers us and the more we care about taking care of it. We will have a renewed purpose in life, which will take us closer to the first garden with a greater understanding of what it means to be caretakers. Start reconnecting today!
