This weekend I was out running an errand with my kids and I met an idiot.
I was rockin’ one of my organic cotton tees. The shirt is green and says “My favorite color is green” with a swirly vine design around the words. A woman walked up to me and (I suppose she was just trying to be friendly) said “…and MY favorite color is blue!” (oh brother!)
I smiled and said “oh, no. Actually it means ‘green’ as in ‘the environment’.” She looked at me blankly for a few seconds and then said “Oh? OH!!! I get it!”
Umm, no lady. You don’t get it.
In today’s world, it shouldn’t take that long to “get it.” I really wonder how many people are still living with their heads in the sand when it comes to recognizing the critical state of our world in terms of the earth, global warming and the well-being of our environment.
I guess it always surprises me when I get comments like this because it’s so much in the forefront of my mind, I can’t imagine how it can be so far from others’. And then I wonder what else I could be doing…what else I SHOULD be doing.
I suppose “doing, leading and teaching” is my contribution. I am “doing” the right things in my daily life (learning along the way, and hopefully getting better all the time!). I am “leading” others in the right direction by helping to put practices into place (in my kids’ schools, for starters). And I am hopefully “teaching” others through this blog.
I truly appreciate your comments, your “kudos”, your “thank yous” and your time to share this journey with me. It’s been three months now and I believe it’s been well spent!
Let’s all keep fighting the good fight! Green is a beautiful color but it’s an even more beautiful CAUSE!
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There are more people than we can imagine who don’t get it. Once I leave my online and offline circle of friends, I find the majority of people either don’t get it or don’t care. It’s unreal that so many couldn’t give a crap about the planet they live on.
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I feel that shock sometimes, too. Like you, it is so much in the forefront of my mind (how can I do more). But we’re doing the best we can and we also have to remember that there is a global mind, a global consciousness, so when we get the “100th monkey” there will be a greater shift. It is happening!
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I hear ya. Yesterday I approached my office manager about putting up a recycle bin that we could start recycling all the aluminum cans from our vending machine because we go through them like crazy. She kinda scoffed and said if I wanted to personally take care of it that’s fine but she “just doesn’t recycle” because she “doesn’t have time for it” I don’t get it…if you have time to throw something away and take out regular trash, why don’t you have time for recycling? Its ok, I volunteered to take the cans back to my apartment recycle bins. It’s not a big deal to me. Hopefully this will show that it’s not that hard to do…
I’m giggling over how you said you met an idiot! hee hee
I couldn’t agree more. It’s so hard for me to be around others who don’t feel as strongly, and I have many family members like that! I find it’s hard to get my point across without sounding like the crazy person but so many people do NOT get it! It’s scary.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how there are any places without recycling!
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