I went through all of the Christmas holidays without getting sick. My two boys were sick for over two weeks and my husband was sick for a day or two, but somehow I bipassed the storm of sickness surrounding our home. But now my body has finally succumbed. I woke up this morning with a headache, achy muscles, and swollen glands. I feel miserable. So I’m on orders to drink lots of fluids and rest today.
I hate being sick. I can’t imagine what it would be like to live with a chronic illness that would constantly inhibit my ability to do things. My life is all about getting something accomplished and I hate it when I can’t do what I want to do. Not only do I feel physically miserable, I feel frustrated that I can’t be doing anything. It feels like a waste of time – being sick. What an inconvenience.
Speaking of inconvenience… I watched “An Inconvenient Truth” last night with my husband. The movie is about global warming and the potential effects it will have and is having on the planet. It was incredible. It was eerie. Every person in the civilized world needs to watch this movie. (we bought the movie, so if anyone wants to borrow it, let me know). Its frightening to think of how quickly our world could change. Even IF its not as bad as many scientists are predicting, by acting to cut down CO2 emmissions we will only be improving the planet and at least not making it worse. And if it is as bad as the scientists predict, we need to be acting now. I’m so appalled that the Stephen Harper government has said its not really going to follow the Kyoto Accord. You know, I’ve received emails telling me to contact my MP over the same-sex marriage debate. Why aren’t we getting emails about this?? The potential ramifications of not addressing this issue will affect the entire earth! Its not like we’re going to be able to say the climate changes will only affect certain countries – its the climate; it affects the whole world. I think its harder for people to respond to this issue because the effects of what we’re doing NOW may not be seen in our lifetime. Its easier to live in denial because we don’t see immediate consequences, but there is a high probability that the changes WILL come. And our children and grandchildren will be forced to live with our short-sightedness. Regardless of what will happen, I want to start laying aside my selfishness and ‘convenient’ life. I want to know that I did whatever I could to help our planet…for my sake and my children’s sake.
wow…Maybe my hubby and I could borrow that movie?
Ninette, Definitely. I’ll let you know when I can get it to you.
I’ve actually been thinking about this for a while now…this whole global warming thing and how the bible says that in the last days we will have many natural disasters…. it is coming. God told us so. So then I wonder, what is our part? I recycle, compost, try to reuse and all that. I know God wants us to be good stewards of the earth he gave us. But we can’t stop the inevitable….can we? these are just thoughts. I’m by no means putting down this movie, cause i really want to see it (can i borrow it after my sis watches it??)
What do you think?
Sarah,
I was thinking of the book of Revelation when I watched the movie. I used to wonder how the disasters described in Revelation could possibly happen on such a massive level (1/3 of the earth is burned, 1/3 of sealife dies, 1/3 of mankind dies – Revelation 8-9). After watching this movie, I can begin to understand how that could happen.
So if its going to happen, what’s the point of doing anything? From what I’m seeing, the reason we have global warming is a result of man’s sin – his greed, selfishness, irresponsibility. I do not want to be a part of that. I do not want to be contributing to the problem, whether my efforts will make any difference or not. Plus, perhaps it is possible to at least slow down the inevitable. I really don’t want my children to have to live through what’s going to come – it’s going to be bad. I don’t want them looking back at my life and thinking of how selfish I was to at least not try to do anything. Those are my thoughts.
that’s a good explaination. These were all questions and thoughts roming around my head. I would have to say that being that this is kinda new to me, I haven’t formed any real heart on this issue. Just mostly have questions and prayers….
I like how you said that man’s selfishness and greed are compounding and creating the problem and how you don’t want to be a part of that. I would have to agree that our God would want us to be good stewards of what he’s given us and to model that thankfulness to our children. I certainly wasn’t saying let’s do nothing, but don’t you feel sometimes that it’s seems that our small difference isn’t making a difference?? I do….
I have subscribed to “curbside recycling” for 10 bucks a month, they pick up 80% of our household garbage. I also started composting in my garden this year, which has been both fun and educational for my kids…..it just seems like such a drop in the bucket for what needs to happen to change the whole planet.
I really would like to borrow that movie. when it’s available, let me know. thanks for posting this, even on your hubby’s blog, he was saying that everyone should see this, and hopefully, this movie will make an impact on more people. Our human nature is so evil tho, it just loves to get comfortable and it takes the easy way out, even when it doesn’t mean to. I guess that’s why God wants us to STAY ALERT!
Sometimes I think about how our society has made it easy to just IGNORE the problem. On garbage day, we just wheel out our bin and it gets carried away, never to be seen again. When we go to Mc Donalds, we throw away tons of waste but never see how bad it is when it gets to the dump. We live almost in a dream world in the city. We never see the wasted water, the millions of showers a day, the millions of flushes from toilets…it’s all under the ground and keeps our homes “nice and tidy” so we can stay happy and ignorant….
Again, thanks for posting this. continue to dialoug with me, if you have more thoughts.
Sarah,
I’m very new to the whole environmental thing. It was my husband who encouraged me to start being more environmentally friendly. We started by switching out our old light bulbs for fluorescents. We drive a car that’s low on emmissions. Ironically, the reason why I started making the changes was due to…greed. I would be saving more money if I used fluorescent lightbulbs, I would be saving more money on gas with my car, etc. After seeing this movie, I felt like I have been very self-centered when it comes to the environment. My arguement used to be the same as yours – it’s such a large problem, how can what I’m doing help? But I think if everyone has that attitude, nothing will change for sure. Every little bit will help. As more and more individuals start making changes, the effect will spread. Our government will be hearing that this is an issue for constituents and then they will be compelled to make changes. I look at it as kind of a ripple effect.
So at our house we’re starting to add other things – we’ve signed up for the curbside recycling and I think we’ll be trying composting (I might be calling you for advice on how to get started).
And yes, you can definitely borrow the movie.
yeah, there’s nothing more you CAN do, I guess than your own choices for your own home. Hopefully, it may cause others to see what you’re doing and join in. If anything, my kids are learning from experience and everyday choices in our home to recycle and be enviromentally friendly. We’ve had curbside for about a year or so now, since Caleb’s death, I haven’t actually been putting out my bins! I feel bad for that, but I used to keep my bins in the basement, but since we’re renovating, I haven’t organized myself to get back on track with that. It’s silly, cuase we are paying for the service….
oh, well, in time, things around here are slowly coming back together since caleb’s passing….
It will be 3 months on the 27th of January…..