Comments on: Will It Be Enough? http://therioshamanism.com/2008/04/21/will-it-be-enough/ In the silence of the wild, we find the home we lost in the city. --John Muir Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Riverwolf http://therioshamanism.com/2008/04/21/will-it-be-enough/#comment-494 Riverwolf Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:12:50 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-494 I'm right there with you--on the ground level of things. I, too, look back and think of all the time "wasted." But no sense worrying over that--it's done. And we were in other places in our lives. I struggle with impatience as well, both with myself and others. But I keep getting glimpses that it's really ok, it's just the way it's supposed to unfold. The important thing is to stay focused, centered, intentional and listen to that urging deep inside. Then we can't go wrong. Peace and blessings... I’m right there with you–on the ground level of things. I, too, look back and think of all the time “wasted.” But no sense worrying over that–it’s done. And we were in other places in our lives. I struggle with impatience as well, both with myself and others. But I keep getting glimpses that it’s really ok, it’s just the way it’s supposed to unfold. The important thing is to stay focused, centered, intentional and listen to that urging deep inside. Then we can’t go wrong.

Peace and blessings…

]]> By: sravana http://therioshamanism.com/2008/04/21/will-it-be-enough/#comment-487 sravana Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:08:22 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-487 Hey Lupa, I hear you - and the news about the fruit crop is pretty scary. BTW: La Nin~a = cooler than normal in the US - it's warmer than normal over most of the globe, IIRC. What I'm hearing in your post is that if only you'd been where you are now 10 years ago, things would be different. Perhaps that would be so, but in 1998 folks were starting to notice "hey, it's hotter than usual, year after year! Ya think that global warming thing could be true?" - there was no way to mobilize the general public. However, now with gas going through the roof (finally), and the food shortages around the world pushing up food prices, I think that 2008 could be the year that the majority of folks finally wake up. Is it too late? Yes and no. The earth and it's life will be here, no matter what. Will we be here? Perhaps. Is that a bad thing? Probably not. I grieve for the suffering that is going to happen. You say: "But I feel like these are things I should have been doing a decade ago." Hon, we ALL should've been doing those things 10 years ago. Heck, I should be doing them now. :\ Hey Lupa,
I hear you – and the news about the fruit crop is pretty scary. BTW: La Nin~a = cooler than normal in the US – it’s warmer than normal over most of the globe, IIRC.

What I’m hearing in your post is that if only you’d been where you are now 10 years ago, things would be different. Perhaps that would be so, but in 1998 folks were starting to notice “hey, it’s hotter than usual, year after year! Ya think that global warming thing could be true?” – there was no way to mobilize the general public.

However, now with gas going through the roof (finally), and the food shortages around the world pushing up food prices, I think that 2008 could be the year that the majority of folks finally wake up. Is it too late? Yes and no. The earth and it’s life will be here, no matter what. Will we be here? Perhaps. Is that a bad thing? Probably not.

I grieve for the suffering that is going to happen.

You say: “But I feel like these are things I should have been doing a decade ago.”

Hon, we ALL should’ve been doing those things 10 years ago. Heck, I should be doing them now. :\

]]> By: Soli http://therioshamanism.com/2008/04/21/will-it-be-enough/#comment-486 Soli Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:54:14 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-486 There was a post in green_future on livejournal over the weekend along similar lines. I'm with you to a degree, as there are some things I just can't do due to living in a condo that I don't own. However, I am making a point to do everything I am capable of doing, and also extending it to my work area. There it's about turning off lights, bringing in my own towels, plate, utensils, etc., printing out less when I can, and reusing paper. Plus my employer is making a bigger commitment--the school where I work gets about 17% of its power from solar panels on campus, there's a sustainable farm which supplies a portion of all the food in the dining spaces, and the shuttle buses run on diesel and biofuel. I like to think it all adds up. There was a post in green_future on livejournal over the weekend along similar lines. I’m with you to a degree, as there are some things I just can’t do due to living in a condo that I don’t own. However, I am making a point to do everything I am capable of doing, and also extending it to my work area. There it’s about turning off lights, bringing in my own towels, plate, utensils, etc., printing out less when I can, and reusing paper.

Plus my employer is making a bigger commitment–the school where I work gets about 17% of its power from solar panels on campus, there’s a sustainable farm which supplies a portion of all the food in the dining spaces, and the shuttle buses run on diesel and biofuel.

I like to think it all adds up.

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