The Rare Earth Conversation

Can we clean up our mess and make the earth happy again? There is a power in nature that man has ignored.

And the result has been heartache and pain. Earth rejoices in our peaceful steps.

Let every breath, every word and every step make mother earth proud of us.

No human being is as wise as Mother Earth. She has witnessed every human day, every human struggle, every human pain, and every human joy. For maladies of both body and spirit, the wise ones of old pointed man to the hills. For man too is of the dust and Mother Earth stands ready to nurture and heal her children.

There is a notion in the wisdom traditions that we are not required to fix this world, but as long as we breathe the free air of earth, we must do our part to render service in some way, while we play and work in this fairy tale called life.

We can get very caught up in our daily lives, but is there a deeper purpose to this existence than just the next bill to be paid or the next goal to be achieved?

I believe there is and it’s called service to others, and to the earth, and it is a simple and effective way to improve happiness and contentment.

Each day we can go out into the world, and create the time and space for conversations where positive change is allowed to emerge. When people walk into your space, when they meet you or talk to you, they may be suffering or very hungry for connection. 

My desire is that when they walk out of the space that I am, they are no longer hungry or at least they feel a little more connected to something hopeful that they can trust.

By learning to be kind to others, we begin to learn the secret art of being kind to ourselves.I hope the conversation sparked something, please share, comment and add your voice to the discussion.

What do you feel are the most pressing issues facing humanity?