Friday, July 24, 2009

Life of an activist



Everyday as we read our daily newspapers or browse our favorite blogs for the newest "green" tips we become overwhelmed by all the astonishing negative impacts that are being done to our planet.

As a single person sitting in our home behind our computers we can feel so insignificant and useless in contrast to these corporations, governments and countries that make our small efforts seem feeble. Facing deforestation, animal exploitation, global warming, toxic foods -- the list could go on and on.


It is imperative to remember that although we cannot control everything, we can control our own actions, and it is our actions that will add up to overturn theirs. They day you throw your hands up in the air and say it's useless is the day everyone else does the same and we lose -- lose our planet, our animals, our passion, our love.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)


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