FEBRUARY 14, 2006
Here
we are at a time in history when we pause from the chaos and take time out for love. However, we all know love is nothing unless it becomes manifest in deed.
Don't talk of love intones the Broadway actress, show me.
However, for everyone else, let us turn this around when it comes to loving creation. Don't tell me you love nature, show me. Don't talk of love of the birds and animals, show me. Don't say you are an environmentalist, show me.
The actress who demanded for some outward and visible sign of the love of her suitor is perhaps like the children of today. Proof is what is needed by tomorrows generation, proof that we do indeed care about the beautiful world we have inherited.
As the young Severn Suzuki, David's wonderful daughter remarked at the Earth Summit in 1992 at the age of 12: You grown-ups say you love us. I challenge you; please make your actions reflect your words. Thank you for listening.
If the fabric is unraveling at a pace faster than ever, perhaps we need to respond with a greater demonstration of our love for the creation than ever before as well. Valentines Day has probably never been connected to the environment by anyone before, but it is the perfect day to focus on what love really means.
When we say we love the earth, what do we really mean? I am challenged if I say I love my wife and never show it. Perhaps the same principle should apply to our love of the creation we have inherited. Creation has been entrusted to the human family because we are supposedly the highest evolved creatures on the planet. It has been given to us with the belief that we would care for creation so that all generations will be able to enjoy and be sustained by it.
Just a thought: show creation you love creation by altering one aspect of your behavior, and the world becomes a better place!
--Peter