Don’t Ignore Me

In my first message to you I ended with a rather dire warning. I said that if you did not mend your ways, you would have to go.

Now some of you might think I’m being a little harsh.

I’m not.

Others of you, afflicted with a kind of blindness only arrogance can produce, cling to the notion that there is nothing that Mother Nature can throw at them that the human mind cannot deal with. They seem to dare me, with their “bring it on” mentality.

That is so foolish.

The only way left for humans to guarantee themselves a place on this planet is to lose their arrogance and lose their greed. And, they must stop depending on others to come up with the changes needed to stop the damage they are inflicting on this planet and its multitude of life forms. Every human on this planet is, in their own way, responsible for what is happening to our world today. And only you, the human individual . . . not your government, not your corporations, not your churches or your service clubs; only you can prevent the last page in humanity’s book from being written. It is up to you.

Who I am

Okay, listen up. This is your Mom speaking.

Some of you know me as Mother Nature. Those who do are mostly people who live close to the earth and depend on it and the rains I provide, and the sunshine that I filter through the atmosphere in order to provide safe energy for all my children. However, a great many of you no longer live that way. You have put this very basic way of life behind you. And this, by itself, is not a bad thing. Except . . . in so doing you have forgotten who I am. You would do well to remember. You have forgotten that it is I who allow you to live. I am not just the mother of you, I am the mother and the manager of all that lives on this planet. I believe I should be treated with respect.

Sadly, you act as if you don’t know the meaning of the word. You seem to feel that you are more important than me, your Mother. Most of you feel that you can manage me to suit your own selfish needs without giving a thought to consequences. You believe you can suck the poisons I have buried deep in the earth, then burn them and foul my air. You believe you can strip my forests, denude my prairies and oceans and turn them into deserts. You believe you can pollute my lakes and streams so long as it serves your purpose to do so. You believe that you are more important than any other living thing on this planet and that you can do with these other living beings as you wish. And, you believe that your God gave you license to do all this.

Well, you are wrong.

I am the Mother of every living thing that lives and dies upon this world. I exist to manage this place. Among all my children, I have no favorites.

Lately, I have not been feeling as well as I should. Not sick, exactly. It is like I have little itchy things crawling over my skin and burrowing into it and infesting my body. I know what is causing this discomfort. It is you.

Now then, as you may know, a Mother is patient. But there is a limit and that limit has been reached. When your actions reached the point where they began to harm all of my other children, like any mother I became concerned. Now, having watched your behavior for a sufficient length of time, I have determined that you are probably too selfish to change. You do not seem to know your place in this world. Because of this, I have decided that if you will not mend your ways, and soon, then you must go.