you know what i think?

i think. that people. don't understand the importance of leaving this place a better place than when you arrived. maybe because they don't live in a place or have never been able to truly experience what this world offers. the beauty and peace of the oceans. the calm and glory of the mountains and the forests.

maybe they haven't seen animals in their native habitats. the wonder of nature. maybe they haven't gotten to see how glorious this place is. how it can take your breath away. my trip out west this summer. changed me. changed the way. i think. changed the way i want to be. and i'm glad about that.

they see their concrete driveways and blacktop streets. their beige houses. their perfectly planned landscapes. i know. i live amongst this. i'm part of it...but it doesn't mean i have to like it!

maybe they haven't seen the randomness of nature.



the way a tree can grow here and there. out of a rock cropping on the side of a mountain. the waves crashing endless on the shore. the shells and goodies that are left behind.

the stillness of a forest on a summer day. the clear black sky ablaze with stars on a crisp fall day high. in the mountains.



now, don't get me wrong. i'm far. far. far. from perfect. but lately i want to be better. try harder. i want my littles to get to see these things, too.

i guess i'm just on a tangent today. all because of a commercial for the nature conservancy. it definitely got me to think. i wish i could find the link. it might just get you to think, too.