“Previously, during the Industrial Revolution, there was a raiding of the resources of the earth, but now there is the actual destruction of the physical earth itself. There is often a complete disjunction here between the religious outlook of people, which can be very pious, and their total blindness to the life and spirit of landscape.”
John O’Donohue
Interesting how we give names to much of our land as if it were a living presence having its own life and spirit. Yet, we can show almost no respect to its value of life, only the use of its resources. My prayer this morning is to live life by respecting, protecting, valuing all of creation.
4 Comments
Earl
I fear we may be reaching the point of no return as far as this earth is concerned. It’s all about power and greed, I think. Beautiful photo, Monte.
Monte Stevens
I agree with you where power and greed, along with fear that we will not have enough or lose what we really don’t have, are the root causes. I’m enjoying a book of essays by Terry Tempest Williams called Erosion, that addresses this very issue.
Mark
Not sure if you are familiar with some of the “alternative history” television series that take on the premise like “what if the Nazi’s won”, etc.
In that spirit, I wonder if the US was ruled by the people of the First Nation and how much different our attitudes towards the environment would be. I’ll get to work on that novel. 🙂
Monte Stevens
I’ll buy and read the book! 😍