I was just recently thinking of this topic and it is probably something I have talked about before so therefore I am going to keep this post very short. We have this responsibility to take care of earth. Yes, we do live on it, but that does not necessarily mean it belongs to us. It works the other way around. That leads to me to my first quote of this blog post by Chief Seattle. He says, “The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” In other words we belong to this earth and whatever we do to this earth is directly related to what we do to ourselves. Earth has done so much for us like keeping us alive so therefore we have to fight for it and keep it clean. In other words we have to take care of it like it has taken care of us for quite a long time. That brings me to my next quote of this post. Ernest Hemingway says “Earth is a fine place and is worth fighting for.” After all it’s given us so much like life, love and natural beauty. The least we can do is fight for it and keep it in all its natural glory.
This is all so important, especially in today’s world as we unfortunately have global warming and that means our earth is not functioning as it should. After all the water runs out and once the trees are all cut down we have no other resources because it is not like we have another earth to live on. This earth we currently have is all we have. That leads me to another quote by Mahatma Gandhi who says “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” In other words the earth provides what we need as humans like food, water and shelter, but it cannot provide the superficial things we do not necessarily need (the things that we become greedy about).
There is so much more I can say, but I will conclude by sharing one more quote. This is an important one by Peace Gypsy who says, “Mother Earth, one of my absolute favorite places… where the sounds, the energy, the beauty, and the life pounds into your every fiber of being, letting you know that you are alive. I will always respect and honor this gift of creation that we call our home.” This quote explains the importance of earth and why we have to respect her. I am also sharing the following visual poem titled “Earth’s Beaty” because one thing we can still do for this earth is admire its beauty. I hope you all enjoy this one!
