You have your Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, President’s Day. You even have your Groundhog’s Day (whatever a ground hog is). And now we’re getting ready for Earth Day. We all love our Mothers and Fathers and, well maybe we don’t all love our Presidents, and who in the south doesn’t love Sadie Hawkins? But, pleeeease! An Earth Day!? Should we even have an Earth Day? What ever is it good for?
Well, think about it for a minute. Who has supported every living creature for some fifty-five billion years? And who will continue to support us, if we allow it to happen, for another fifty-five billion? If any one person or thing deserves its day, I would say that would be Mother Earth. I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it sooner with all the concern about global warming, ozone destruction, planet erosion and the myriads of terrors that face the inhabitants of this great “blue marble". Think about that—without the earth, we wouldn’t have the beautiful snapshots sent back down by the astronauts.
Finally someone has thought to give credit where credit is due.
If having an Earth Day will help us to remember what we have and (given its enormous size) how fragile that ownership is, then God be praised; let us celebrate that day. Plant a tree, pick up trash strewn by the roadside and in the parks, drive around that industrious turtle crossing the roadway, and brake for all the little squirrels with their cute furry tails.
Every person using the earth as though they owned it, should repay in kind—make it a family affair—pick a project, even if its just planting a tiny seed, and do it on this one day. If you never pick up another scrap of paper for a whole year, make it a special point on this one day.
Giving back just some of what we have taken away will help ensure that this great planet will be here to support our grandchildren many times over. There is so much that each person could do that wouldn’t cost a dime. If for this one day no one threw a cigarette butt or McDonald’s leftovers from their car windows, just think of the scenery that would be preserved for the next passers-by. Sometimes in the ‘not doing’ we can do as much or more than in the doing.
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Sandra E. Graham, author Amos Jakey , published by American Book Publishing.
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