Something to ponder...
If you've seen me speak, you know I'm big on taking responsibility; for our actions, for the decisions we make; in a nutshell, for creating our own reality. When we think and act as if we have no power over outside forces, we end up in the position we find ourselves in now (more on that later). I'll often have people come up to me after a presentation to tell me that I've helped them realize they really can achieve whatever it is they want to achieve, and can see now how they’ve been holding themselves back. I've had this from individuals, as well on a company wide level. Which is great; make no mistake, but sometimes I feel like they’re missing the point. More and more, especially since the release of The Secret, were beginning to realize just how much we really do create our reality, from our thoughts through to the actions we take. Where we start to get off track in my mind is that the very first thought we have in utilizing this power is in putting it to use to gather yet more 'stuff'. Material stuff. Ever increasing profit.
As I said last month, the big problem with The Secret for me is that it’s encouraging people to conjure up a new Lamborghini in the driveway, rather than using the law of attraction to create a better world. For those of you that think a new Lamborghini equals a better world (I'm talking a better world here, not just a better existence for you alone), its probably best if you stop reading now. The position we’re in now demands that we stop thinking about ourselves for a second, and consider where we are as a species; as the human race. When I get up and tell you that you can change the world, and you think that the best way you can apply that is by increasing sales so you can buy a Hummer; you've really missed the point. I'm not interested in you buying a Hummer. I'm not interested in inspiring you to take a golfing vacation in a third world country. What I'm interested in is inspiring you to take action in creating a better world by questioning everything around you and everything you do. We are, ladies and gentlemen, at crunch time.
I know some of you are going to want to switch off now, thinking 'he's going to go all doom and gloom on us'. Yeah, I am, because right now we need a good foot in the backside and smack across the head. We need to wake up! We've had chances before to do something about where we're headed. I love Stephen King’s quote from 'On Writing'. ‘We had the chance to change the world in the 60'd and we opted for the home shopping network instead'. We blew it; we went back to sleep. We can’t afford to do that again. Governments and businesses now realize we have an environmental crisis on our hands.
If you’re rolling your eyes right now, and waiting for a more convenient truth, there isn’t one. The signs are everywhere; we can’t ignore or run away from them anymore. Everyone is jumping on the 'green' bandwagon, which is great, but talk is cheap; it’s our actions which will effect change, not our words. I could rant endlessly on this subject, as it’s close to my heart; but I'll spare you; this time. Let me just say though that for those of us who have seen this coming for decades, and have been laughed at, abused, arrested (that would be me) and some even murdered; its about bloody time the rest of you got it. When I see a headline in a magazine like BC Business titled 'The tree huggers were right', I feel vindicated that I've been right all along. 'That’s great', I hear you saying. 'You were right, we were wrong, but what can we do now?' You can take responsibility for it. That’s the good news, and the bad. If you think this is something our governments are going to sort out, you’re wrong. They have no interest in sorting this out. They can't simply because they can't make tough enough decisions to sort it out when in our present system if they do something we don’t like we'll vote them out again at the end of their 3 year term. Nope, they can’t help us; it’s up to us individually.
What can you do? Forget about who you vote for unless you’re prepared to really pony up and vote green, because all of the major parties are tarred with the same brush. They’re virtually indistinguishable these days, and so are their policies. Nope, the only way to effect real change is to vote with your wallet which is why I'm all for you manifesting all of the wealth in the universe; I'm just not interested in seeing you spend it in ways which move us backwards instead of forwards. Ways to vote with you holy dollar include:
* Committing to buying organic food wherever possible.
* Only buying recycled paper (including toilet paper), and if your local supermarket doesn’t carry it, ask why not?
* Refusing to buy into this bottled water scam.
Do you realize that Dasani, a subsidiary of Coca Cola, is not even selling you water from a spring; its selling you bottled tap water. The same stuff that comes out of your tap at home. Seriously, every time you screw the cap off of one of those bottles you are supporting a practice that is absolutely unsustainable in the energy wasted and resources consumed. Do us all a favor and buy a Nalgene bottle so you can fill it up at home.
Its not rocket science; if we all just did one of the things above we'd be making a difference. The scary thing is, that won’t be good enough forever. Some would say it’s already too late, and that we all absolutely have to do all three and then some. They may be right, but so as not to gout out on too heavy a note, I want to encourage you, if you're not doing it already, to consider taking on board just one of my suggestions; for the sake of all of us.
It’s an amazing world we live in, let’s not forget that, but its time to take our heads out of the sand. As are the signs were in trouble everywhere, so are the signs of hope, if we look for them. Here’s one I want to share with you:
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