01/05/2019
✨💦 Agüita Sagrada💦✨
This weekend I experienced rebirth in the waters of the earth, massaged by the untethered force of her energy in fluid form.
I also felt her sadness, of not being honored, of being contaminated, disregarded, unprotected.
Here in Mexico I haven’t found yet places like our state parks in the US that are protected from development and littering. Rather, beautiful natural sites are privatized and bordered closely by restaurants and carts serving fried food on styrofoam plates, and drinks in plastic cups with straws. A lot of the waste generated ends up sprinkled across the scenery or floating in and around the river. The rest is taken to landfills where it still remains on the earth, just out of sight and out of mind.
Being foreigners at this park that was all locals, we drew some attention. I took the opportunity to talk to the people about the pollution I saw ask them what they thought. They readily condemned their citizens “Si, es que los Mexicanos son cochinos” but I noted how in generalizing the condition of the collective they failed to take ownership for the destruction or consider their part in it. They sipped their canned beer as we talked and stepped over obvious trash as they said “Adios!”
This is not unique to Mexico. This happens everywhere. How we can see problems in the world and fail to see our contribution to them. Or better yet, consider what is your part in the solution or resolution of the issues you see in the world?
When you do something try thinking, “what if everyone did this? Would it be sustainable? What is the impact of this action on the local and global community?”
People like to think that it doesn’t make a difference the action of one person doing something such as refusing a plastic bag. But what if we all did it?
No action is too small.
And it’s not that hard people! Switch to natural biodegradable soap, take shorter less frequent showers, use public transportation, bring your own bags to the grocery store and buy in bulk, carry a mason jar, cutlery, straw and cloth napkin on you!
It may seem like a lot of work but you can get used to it and how is destruction of the earth more convenient than (continued