Day 10: Something for which I feel strongly
The couple things for which I feel strongly that come to mind are nature, future generations, and Ukraine.
I feel strongly for nature
because I live in it, breathe it, am surrounded by it and thus I feel that I need to protect it and look after it.
After all, Nature gave me life and keeps me alive.
It is the beginning and the end of my life. I am thankful for it and feel obligated to care for it. Nature gives me the escape I look for, and nurtures my soul when I need it; it is the only place where I can find peace and get empowered by the natural elements of water, air, earth and fire. It saddens me that Nature gets destroyed by pathetic meatbags every day.
Which brings me to my second point — the future generations
Surely, I won’t care much for my great-great-grandchildren (if I have any) as I would for my children or grandchildren, but with the exponential rise of deforestation, overfishing and general population, the consequences of humanity’s choices are coming sooner than they would if we just slowed down.
Hence why the late Stephen Hawking urged us to get the hell out of Earth in the next 100 years.
People live in today — which is good — but it is the wrong today they chose to live in. They care about wealth, fame and personal satisfaction but what really matters is the ability to let go and enjoy the present moment.
Eckhart Tolle says that happiness can be found only in the present moment:
Make the Now the primary focus of your life. Whereas before you dwelt in time and paid brief visits to the Now, have your dwelling place in the Now and pay brief visits to past and future when required to deal with the practical aspects of your life situation. Always say “yes” to the present moment.
~Eckhart Tolle
Saying “yes” to the present moment is empowering because you are free from pressure of the future and from the mistakes of the past.
The Iroquois people have a wonderful principle known as seven generation sustainability:
“In significant matters of decision making, the present generation gives consideration to seven generations past and seven generations forward”.
They make their decisions while considering their ancestors and their descendants. To me it seems that they really know how to take care of themselves and of the Planet, and how to live happily in accordance with Nature and the ancient teachings. I think that this is what we all need to strive towards.
Then we have Ukraine
Ukraine is my Mother country and I wish only what’s best for it, but I feel like we got ourselves into such a big mess that it’s going to take generations to sort everything out.
We have so many internal issues that no matter how hard anyone from the outside tries to help, Ukraine will never be free until we learn how to love each other and accept each other within our boundaries.
Sure, we have our moments of nationalistic showcasing where we revolt against injustices, but these moments don’t lead anywhere — they’re forgotten soon after we win a small battle.
There is still a huge war to fight.
We allow others to push us around and to annex our territories — and we fall to our knees and cry and sob and blame the West for not helping. Yes, our sons and brothers die on the battlefield because they hope that their lives will contribute to the overall fight for Ukraine’s freedom. Ukraine got herself into a huge mess from all sides, and a couple hundred or thousands of lives will not help to get her out. The problem already took a deep root.
