On April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day was born as a way to celebrate our amazing planet, and to highlight the need for environmental protections. More than 40 years later we have laws regulating pollution of water and air that have made tremendous improvements, and yet habitat loss and climate change now have devastating and rapidly growing effects.
What choices do you make with the express intention of preserving or protecting the environment?
Sometimes life forces us to go slow, to follow the signs that demand that we take it easy.
Has idleness that was not your choice ever been a blessing?
It is possible that the architect of this house got just the tiniest bit carried away with the gingerbread. But, as Mae West put it, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
What would you say the world can never get enough of?
Is the tree hanging on by its roots, struggling to keep from falling in the water, or is it leaning in toward the Source of Life, eager to be ever closer the water that sustains it?
How do you lean in toward the Source of Life?
Blessed are the people with whom we can let down our hair, who will walk with us in conversation or silence, who will take our hand and swing it cheerfully between us as we go.
Who can you let down your hair with?
