Tuesday, June 23, 2009

brothers and sisters, sisters and brothers, ain't we everyone?

so, i was lying on the grass two days ago, trying to figure out a way to celebrate solstice. my big, butterfly-sleeved shirt spread out on the green in a circle around me. i was looking up at the sky and at the leaves gently fanning around it, and i remembered something i had read in a book of greek mythology. you see, in the greek stories, the earth, Gaia, is seen as the mother of all things and the sky is the father. in the beginning, there were just the two of them, and then they had all these children and they formed different species and races, etc. so i was lying there and i thought, if the sky and the earth are our great parents, then aren't we all brothers and sisters? not just all people, but all living, and non-living things. when the earth began, there was only fire and stardust, and we all came out of that. so aren't we all just siblings? right now, the human race is treating the earth, its family, as sort of a novelty to be toyed with as a resource for the Great Cause, making money. this is just about the stupidest thing i have ever heard. once we realize that we are all connected, that we are all a family who live under the same roof (the atmosphere) we will realize how stupid our way of life is and drop it all. but when?

1 comment:

Mountain Spirit said...

not in our lifetime sadly enough.