It’s the 55th annual
Earth Day and on its occasion I thought it appropriate to share just a few
writers’ words reflective of the subject.
Happy Earth Day everyone!
“We are only as much alive as we ourselves
keep the earth alive.” – Chief Dan George
“There are places which exist in
this world beyond the reach of imagination . . . Outside is the only place we
can truly be inside the world.” – Daniel J. Rice, This Side of a
Wilderness
“It seems to me nothing man has done
or built on this land is an improvement over what was here before.”
– Kent Haruf, West of Last Chance
And this take on “The Golden Rule”
by author, farmer and conservationist Wendell Berry: “Do unto those downstream
as you would have those upstream do unto you.”
Take a few minutes today to do even
the simplest things for the earth. Pick up a few scraps of
paper. Drive a few miles less.
Preserve a single glass of water.
Share deeds and words on behalf of our earth. She is, after all, the only place we have on
which to reside.
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