After watching the film "An Inconvenient truth" again I am reminded of the importance of continuing to get this message out. For me it was so easy to get passionate about doing more in my own life to make changes that will hopefully have an impact on the global warming that is happening to our planet. I began to feel very hard on myself after seeing the graphs showing the rapid melting of the icecaps and how the animal (the polar bears in particular) are dying because of this, along with all of the other statistics and pictures that were shown. Al Gore did a great job of making the global warming crisis we are facing very real for all of us. Even though it was not meant to put us in a place of guilt after seeing the movie and sharing in class the next day I felt like I was allowing myself to become complacent with the comfort and so called security of where I am in my life right now.
Right now I am looking for a balance between the passion that I had for activism for various causes that I had in my twenties without holding onto the anger that was also a driving force for me at the time. I want to remain compassionate and grounded in my life and be able to share the love and joy that I get to feel with those around me while still remembering the work that I believe is all of our responsibility to care for each other, the planet and all beings that call this home. It's not about beating myself up because I drove today rather than riding my bike but making sure that everyday I am remaining present to what is right in front of me and moving from that place.
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