When all is said and done, there is one question that remains: what do we want to be committed to in this day and age other than our personal well-being and that of our significant others? For as far as I am concerned, it is nohing less than peace on a sustainable planet. We cannot all be Bojan Slat of the Ocean Cleanup, Keep Skateistan Rolling like the skating pros do or clean up the Himalayas, as much as I would like to participate. But we can all contribute to peace and to a healthy planet in a myriad of small ways such as collecting garbage where we hike or jog, by reducing the consumption of animal products or by at least eating less meat, by wearing more second hand clothes and walking or riding a bicycle whenever we can, as well as by keeping ourselves in shape. While I still fall short of the aforementioned, I am keeping my eyes and ears open for other good ideas to integrate into my daily life while enjoying the warm weather.
You too, I hope.
Susanne G. Seiler
P.S. I will be speaking at the Elev8 Symposium on 9 June on
«Evolving Conscious Media.» (see below)
I Go Down To The Shore
I go down to the shore in the morning
and depending on the hour the waves
are rolling in or moving out,
and I say, oh, I am miserable,
what shall —
what should I do? And the sea says
in its lovely voice:
“Excuse me, I have work to do.”
Mary Oliver