How can we truly go green?

We are now totally indoctrinated with a concern for the environment: “Go green, recycle, and feel better about protecting our world.” Tragically, though necessary, the small bit that we do as individuals is overwhelmed by the evil that our consumptive governments perpetuate. And, in a way, they have little choice. They are rapacious in their desire to stay in power at any cost. Remember that most representatives “of the people” are elected for four or five years. Therefore, the electorate only wants to hear about economic growth: make me more money and I will keep you in office.

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Never give up until you find your goals, find your mission

The concept of a life goal is an essential element to a healthy and long-lived existence. Many years ago when I lived in rural Canada, I overheard a man admonishing his young charge about the boy’s future. The father was telling his offspring to forget leaving his village and going to university. What would be the benefit? Here, he could get a union job, (1) make a good living; find a nice girl to marry and raise a family. What else was life about?

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The joy of discovery — keep your imagination alive

It is not hard to know the difference between the seeker and non-seeker in life, is it–those who acquiesce to a dutiful role and those who yearn for excitement and adventure? The latter are the ones who receive all the glory and fame, and the former are faceless and forgotten by history. Both groups, however, have their moments of pain, their moments of solitude. (1)

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