I've loved this initiative since you started it, but have been concentrating more and more on @naturalmedicine, because that's so much a part of who I am, and is a large part of why I wanted to start an organic farm and orchard in the first place.

Then again, so is @earthdeeds, so I will make the effort to participate more, as I have long believed that small actions taken consistently can make a great difference.

I have seen it in action, in many areas of life, making life so much more worthwhile.

As @mountainjewel wrote so eloquently regarding AOC's "hypocrisy" as a result of "living in the world," none of us who care about the planet can disconnect from being hypocrites in some aspects of our lives, but that in no way negates the very real change we seek to create in the world, and in ourselves.

I recently allowed myself to be waylaid by the ongoing damage to the Pacific Ocean and her inhabitants by Fukushima, the warming and acidifying seas, and the sheer scale of continuing human abuses, destruction and neglect.

It can be hard to function, as an empath in violently changing times, especially while watching the destruction of ecosystems and animal populations I've been literally working to save since childhood.

But as tempting as it might be to throw in the towel, that is something I simply cannot do, as I come from a long line of survivors, who taught me that we all have a duty to make our mark in the world.

We all do.

And I cannot believe that my life's work is for nothing. I will never believe that.

So I continue, in my own small way, and I will write more about the small changes I make, in the hope of inspiring others to do something similar, or to blow us all away by taking their efforts much further.

Thanks again for the initiative, and the inspiration.

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