Make days count

When you realize that you have fewer days ahead of you than days behind you…

I can not tell you how much that has changed my thinking. 

best make them count…

#RandOMTHoUGhts

jh

continue on

I am tired… bone weary…. would like to pack it in. But cannot as there is too much left to do.

wrongs to right....  things to see. Must continue to move one foot in front of the other and continue on....

 

#RandOMTHoUGhts.
jh

Solitude...

More than ever, one needs solitude.

Being alone allows us to regulate and adjust our lives. It teaches us the ability to satisfy our own needs.

Solitude can restore energy, the stillness of being alone provides us with much-needed rest. It brings forward our longing to explore, our curiosity about the unknown, our will to be an individual, our hopes for freedom.

Alone time is fuel for life.

jh

I've got to get this off my chest...

I've said for years! Deforestation is not 'just' about trees; it's about the survival of every species of animals, including us.

Think about the fundamental thing we were taught in school about what trees do!

TREES CLEAN THE AIR.

FACT: Carbon dioxide (CO2) building up in our atmosphere, is the major contributor to climate change.

FACT: Trees absorb CO2, removing and storing the carbon while releasing oxygen back into the air. In just one year, one acre of mature trees can absorb enough CO2 produced when you drive your car 26,000 miles.

However, we continue to destroy our forests at an alarming rate; and blame other industries for climate change?

I consider myself an environmentalist. However, let’s be clear, I would say that I am a “pragmatic environmentalist.”

I believe there is far too much negative focus on the O&G industry, all the while other industries are going on completely unchallenged and destroying large, sensitive tracts of land.

Let’s talk about clearcutting. So many areas in our headwaters are being destroyed. However, there is nary a peep about the damage done. Why? Because there are companies (people) that profit from all the negative focus on the oil and gas industry, while the destruction of our forests continues unchallenged.

The Alberta governments proposal to build the Maclean and Springbank dry dams are incredibly bad ideas with potentially devastating results. The problem is not the river! It is the rapid drainage from destroying forests upstream!

All the same, Alberta Environment is allowing continued destruction to the watershed upstream! We should be correcting harm, not causing more of it.

So, let's be clear here; bringing the O&G industry in Alberta to its knees is not helpful on so many levels. The revenues that are received by all levels of government go a long way to pay for and support other industries here. YES.. including "green" industries.

( Ok, I will step off my soap-box now )

Bushpunk says...

"...the punks way too loud, beer strong and cold, mushroom tea kicking in and kooty air sweet...head this way if you can jimmy…"