Earth Day

Every day should be an earth day. We have only one body to live in (that's why I teach health and fitness, and preventative things to do to stay healthy!) - body, mind and spirit.

We also only have one planet to reside upon - our beloved earth. It is still, with all our destruction and trashing of it, a wonderful place to live. We can still save our planet if we just are mindful of our own actions.

If I "allowed" myself to stress about things I would say I tire of the shows and articles suggesting what WE can do to help. Certainly we can do much. It would be helpful if the manufacturers of plastic grocery sacks, plastic containers, autos, wood structures, etc. would slow down the number of these things put on the market.

Alas, the almighty dollar calls. If only a majority would help. There are some who do, and for that I am ever grateful.

What we can do is honor the place we live by NOT trashing it. We went for a walk last evening and right along side the gutter was a dirty diaper. We saw two empty pop cans on the sidewalk. A number of other things lay on the lawns, sidewalks and street.

How difficult is it to carry your trash to your car, your home, or to find a container! It's small things like that that add up. We are riding our bikes more,
and trying to drive less. We are unplugging things at night, and using our recycle bin.

Please just remember we have no where else to live.....our own body, and our planet.
Just a baby step for each of us will help. Don't forget for those of us that live
in America, we are blessed with abundance - we need to give back for all we have.

Let's do as a recent movie suggested and "pay it forward" by caring for our own home - planet earth.