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Earth Day 2020
How humbling is it that we are all part of this beautiful circle of life?
From the microorganisms that nourish the soil, to the bugs that we chased as young children; from the plants that come back season after season, to the mighty sun that feeds them and the powerful rains that quench them; from the animals that fascinate and fear us, to us – just ordinary people. How cool is it that we so vulnerably and intensely rely on each other?
Gardening has given me a new sense of appreciation for our planet. With my hands in the soil, I’ve learned simple lessons like how germination works and why bees are so beneficial, to more complex, philosophical lessons about life and love.
This Earth Day, give it a try. Grow something. Pour some love and effort into it.
If we put in real work to help our planet, we can continue to watch it flourish & grow & give back to us in bounties of food & shelter & beauty for many more years.
I know this Earth Day looks pretty different for most of us. Times lately have been very sad and very hard and very scary.
But they’ve also been hopeful. We’ve been healing: slowing down, taking naps & resting, learning new recipes, going on walks, spending quality time with our families or partners or pets, lending a hand to our neighbors, and making sacrifices for strangers.
And our planet has been healing, too.
Let’s keep it up, even when this is all past. When we’re huddled around photo albums with our grandchildren, looking through old photographs of us with our homemade masks and undone hair, explaining to them what it was like to live through the pandemic of 2020.
Explaining to them that it was very, very difficult in many ways.
Explaining to them the new things we learned and the values we gained.
And hopefully not explaining why all those values disappeared when the sickness was finally cured.
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