There have been millions of earth days since the beginning of time. Even since the dawn of recorded human history, there have been well over a million days when earth's specific needs could have been prioritized, but for whatever reasons, they rarely have been. We're certainly at a pivotal moment, having brought the planet to the edge of non-viability. Calling one day a year "Earth Day" hardly makes a dent, does it? I've struggled a bit the last few days, looking backwards at what humanity has done, at ways in which women, many populations, and the earth have been undervalued. Yes, even I do what comes so naturally to us humans, even though I tend to do it inwardly -- I fight with myself and with a world of events that seem completely out of balance. I grapple.
And yet...once I chill out a bit, I remember this: we are in the midst of such an energetic and spiritual leap upwards that, in a few decades, our world may be almost unrecognizable. This isn't just that natural forces will re-form much of the landscape and the constructions that we thought would stand the test of time. It is that new, more brilliant life forms will start to become visible, especially to those with the eyes of Love who are able to see them. Viability for planet earth may not be about returning to a pre-Industrial Age reality (although some of the lush wildness of earth's life in the past may return. In this transitional moment, we may circle around and help to breathe new life into some life forms that have been lost or have been put at risk.) But ultimately we are circling upwards, so there will be new shapes, colors, and life forms. Mother Nature is the ultimate creative artist, and our limited sight may simply not be capable (right now) of envisioning how Earth's future will look. Fortunately, it is within our power to take appreciative note of the new phenomena we see, like the vivid rainbow I spoke of last week. And hey, Nature (even at Her most seemingly "destructive") gives us something awesome and beautiful to focus on in the midst of societal changes that are so shocking and profoundly troubling.
