Whats wrong with me? I am frustrated with this place of feeling depressed at being part of the "cool" crowd for the first time. I was used to being the weird tree hugger, the unpopular one. Did I like complaining about the bad polluters? Was I being self righteous? Lately I am going through some heavy soul searching.
A side effect of an illness I have means sometimes I need medicine for pain "seratonin - up take medicine". This medicine stopped the pain I feel physically in my muscle connections but the other effect is it stops emotional pain too. Lets just say I was way to easy going and often times not feeling much of anything. Sooo.... my point is I am off the drug because I want to feel but now that I got off the drug its like all of a sudden tree hugger, environmentalist, liberal Christians are cool. Where do I belong in this?Why does this frustrate me so.... I should be happy I can rest. Now everywhere you look the media is telling you how to be green.... I am sick of the word green. Here's the deal Chevy is making a Hybrid Tahoe and Hummer makes a hybrid. These SUV hybrids get 14 to 18 miles per gallon. If you are gonna drive a Hummer please get the Hybrid but please don't drive a Hummer. My depression is that the person who drives the Hummer or Tahoe Hybrid .... well do they get how Fossil Fuels are driving up green house gases? Do they understand how a high rate of consumerism means poor people suffer. The commercials don't say how deforestation, erosion, deterioration, global climate change, poor water quality effect the least of those. Those who don't have value in the corporation's lives because they are poor. They do not have value because they don't have money. How our use of Styrofoam and our use of more paper products and just more, more, more means others hurt.
This is why my heart hurts because I want others to know down deep that being frugal is not about doing without its about doing with enough. Frugality is being a good steward of our resources because if we want to be like Jesus we have to serve the least of those . When we serve our fellow man we serve God. Now that's Cool !!!!!!!!!!!
Resources:
1. Participating in another Voluntary Simplicity Class. A friend John Arnold who participates in this class is interested in developing " a sense of place" . He volunteers with a group called Ozark Trackers . They are having a course on recognizing Edible plants in the wild. They also do courses on animal tracking, survival skills, and sensory experiences in nature. Its pretty cool check it out at Ozarktrackers.org
He also has a blog called the practical disciple at http://thepracticaldisciple.blogspot.com
His advice on prayer has really helped me: one of my favorite tips is on the A.C.T.S. prayer method. He has a lot of good advice on being a Christian without all the guilt and high falutin gobbly gook. He will know I mean this in the nicest way.
2. Earth Day Celebrations:
N.P.C.C. April 22nd
Arkansas Earth Day Sat. April 26th at the Clinton Library Grounds 10 to 4
Hot Springs Earth Day Sun. Summit Conv. Center, May 18th , noon to 6.
Namaste"
Courtney
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