Earth thought 70 of 365: Do parents of the Big Cause sacrifice their children to It's More Important? O.k.: what cause is the grandchildren of your children's children's children?
Earth thought 71 of 365: In the future, one way to have a morally acceptable large family is by adoption. The children are already alive; better to care for them. To those couples wishing large families, then, we might say, "Have your two biological children, which is sustainable, and then adopt as many more as you can handle well."
Earth thought 72 of 365: When Christ went wild into the wilderness after being dunked into the river by the madman John the Baptist (Mark 1:9-13), he lived for "forty days" with "the wild beasts" and was finally ministered to by "angels". Here's a story of how wilderness calms the soul. The rhythms of beasts returned heart to the massively anxious breast. After that, Christ found his calling.
Earth thought 73 of 365: "The mountain mind / from invisible time. / I am next in line." - Broadcast, "Echo answers", The Noise Made by People, 2000
Earth thought 74 of 365: When I was a teenager, hanging out in the May air with nothing major to do and enjoying the sound of trees, I didn't realize that we were wrecking the environment. Its transcendence was a vast assumption.
Earth thought 75 of 365: Is it insignificant that you don't walk to work, or don't turn the thermostat to 62 instead of 67 degrees? Well, it won't make a noticeable difference in the climate. And yet, because millions don't do what you won't do, we do make a noticeable difference in the climate. The key is to think of yourself as part of a group, even a team. And you are failing the group's responsibility to others if you don't do your part. Slacker. You should be benched!
Earth thought 76 of 365: Being sick is a reminder of how our bodies are ecosystems organized by our form. The virus upsets the interdependences and disorganizes us.
Earth thought of 365: "I like it when I'm simple." Her thought after watching ice break off on the shore of Lake Ontario.
Earth thought 78 of 365: Many philosophy books are like kids with toys, forgetting that they are like kids with toys. Better either to be the kid or to be the adult. But how do adults write? "Adult" is an ethical category. It implies maturity. Adults have a life that they soak in, which is bigger than them, and which they have acquired the responsibility to protect. It is not a matter of toying with that life, but of discerning the many-textured meaning in it that should be enjoyed and preserved, and sometimes developed. Life is like a calm morning, then, in the sun; philosophy like the light that seeps through shutters and rests on the wall in warm patterns.
