Earth Day

Earth Day reminds me of a little fable about a hummingbird.

In a large quite forest a wildfire broke out. The fire quickly turned into an inferno. The forest creatures where frozen in fear by the size and pure destruction of the fire, that is except a lone hummingbird. She quickly darted off to the nearest stream and got her bill full of water and zipped to the heart of the fire and put her mouthful (which is a few drops) on the fire. The other animals watched her in amazement. On her third trip some of the forest animals stopped her, "Why are you doing this, you can't fight this. Why even try?"
The humming bird answered coolly,"I know. but, i don't care how big the fire seems. I will do all i can to save my home."

That is how people should look at the world. Yeah there is an easy route and a tough way. More often then not in our busy lives we take the easy way. Even a small change can make a huge difference. Think of it as a butterfly effect. Did you know just the simple act of turning off the water as you brush your teeth saves the average of 5 gallons a day. After a year you have saved enough water to supply the whole city of New York's water demand for a day.

So this earth day i am not telling you to make major changes just simple ones. Cut off a lights when you leave a room, carry cloth bags to shop, pick up more organic local grown food, use environmentally friendly cleaner, use a stainless steel drinking bottle instead of bottle water, pack a lunch, recycle more, and so on. Just one of these simple things help. So make every day an Earth Day and find out actually how easy it is to live a better life.

Some people have asked why i am so passionate for living "green". I tell them this. When my Children are older and the world's problems are getting bad. They are going to ask me what i did to help. I am going to say,"I did everything in my power to help and make sure you where healthy." Will you be able to look in your children's eyes and say the same thing?