The world is upside down now. I can’t help but wonder ‘where are we going’? Maybe it’s my tender old age or maybe, as a society, we have been traveling so fast for so long that we have forgotten what it means to stop and “…take the time to smell the roses”, as my Mom always said.
When our children grow up, will there be a Montana to inspire them? Will the majesty of the last frontier be long forgotten given its way to land development, timber production, oil fracking, all fists and fights of man’s greed? I hope that in the world these children inherit – there will be a time and place for them to spend fishing in a mountain lake, hiking a virgin trail or listening to the howls of a wolf pack. Times when they speak the words, This Has Been A Great Day! as they lay their heads down to sleep. I fear we have forgotten how important it is to stay connected to Mother Nature; her teachings are profound and need tending.
If progress is be given a wide berth, let us not pave over the majesty but instead think globally about the impacts and the affects we are inflicting. If energy is needed to run the nation — let the nation slow down and push harder to harness the energy from Mother Earth and her Sun. Solar power, wind power, hydropower all sources which could and will bring about a halt to harm and a push toward the all-important issue of sustainability. Frankly, I would rather look out over a wind farm than a fracking operation any day.
So I ask God to bless the children who inherit the earth, they will need all the help He can give them in holding their eyes open.
