As Crazy as it may seem......

I have thought about this weeks question a lot, I mean there is so much freedom in this question, there are so many ways that you can interpret it. The only thing that limits your choice, is that it has to be something true. So a few things popped into my head

like how about that time I got faked charged by a huge African Elephant in South Africa or that as a child I was convinced that I could communicate with all animals, that I could read their minds, and as crazy as it may seem, I still feel that way sometimes.

But then I thought about, the craziest thing that I have ever heard and the first thing that comes to mind, that always comes to mind, is that some people actually believe that the Earth is theirs and that they can do whatever the want to her. As Crazy as It May Seem, the majority of people in the world, live as if nature doesn't matter.

That way of thinking and living is so alien to me, nature has always been an extension of who I am, I have always seen the earth as my home. I may have been raised a catholic, but those teachings never felt right to me. I mean why did we have to go into a cold building, surrounded by acts of violence and listened to some man talk down to us. I wanted to be outside, surely nature is what we have to be thankful for, that is where my faith lay and it never waivered. This idea that so many religions hold onto, that God created the world for them, always seemed so ludicrous to me.

What is even crazier is that so many continue to believe this and seem to think, that they have a free ticket to do whatever the feck they want. I mean seriously, what the hell do all these people think is going to happen, when all the trees get cut down, when the bees die out. Do they believe that some one is going to fix it all, just like in the movies. Where suddenly everyone unites and finds a solution. Where the men are always the heroes and come to save the day.

Or maybe that's just it, they don't think about it, they are so disconnected that they make no connection between their own survival and that of the natural world. I mean how can we remain healthy, if we are polluting the air and the water. But that is the problem, the disconnection that so many have with the Earth. The idea that all other life forms are beneath them and therefore their property, where they are the master. Where their high standard of living comes before everything else. This idea that the world is vast and provides unlimited opportunities for us humans.

As crazy as it may seem, I sometimes want to run away to some isolated community and live my life in a bubble, surrounded only by people who do honour and respect the earth. But what good would that do. I might as well bury my head in the sand, I have a responsibility to the earth, to myself, to my daughters and my Tribe to spread more awareness, to try and help people remember. To reawaken our understanding of Earth Wisdom, to become part of these universal dance between humans, plants, animals and the earth.

I've realized something in my writing, that no matter what I start to write about, it always comes back to the same message, to the same theme. Maybe all writers do this, maybe we all have the same message we wish to share, over and over. Finding different ways to dress it up, to present it. Life is all about stories isn't it?. We create the stories of our lives, we make choices and we live those choices. And as crazy as it may seem I am pretty happy to keep singing my tune.

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