Ten
Steps to Planetary Progress
by
Karen Fiala
It's the 21st Century and what do we have to show for it?
Here's a brief over-view of the way things are. This planetary
report card is not good. Don't
get too despondent though, just because we haven't succeeded till
now, doesn't mean we can't alter our ways and gain a 'pass
mark' in the coming years.
Report Card for Earth in the year 2003.
In the 21st Century, the planet is in disarray. It's polluted,
over-crowded and its natural habitats have been raped and looted.
As a race, humanity has a hatred for its own kind; it has a system
of political and corporate dictatorship; an uneven distribution of
wealth between rich and poor; as well as civil unrest and war. The
inhabitants of Earth have run amok and no one has stopped them. What
more does the civilization of the Earth need, to make this planet
the complete opposite of paradise? Mankind has been its own worst
enemy!
The Earth, minus humanity itself, is not this way. It's just a
planet with land, vegetation, water, a breathable atmosphere and animals.
Humans are simply more highly evolved animals – ones with (supposedly)
advanced thought processes and souls with spiritual capacity. This
being the case, it stands to reason that merely adding man as a factor
to the equation, led to the state of the planet as we know it today.
We must alter direction if we're ever going to be an advanced
civilization.
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When
we examine our lives what do we find? Are we happy? Content with everything
we see and do? Is there a fair system for living on the Earth? If
you've said 'yes' to all these questions then you don't
need to read any further. If not, it could be in your best interest
to think about what we'll discuss next. The only way to predict
the future is to create it!
C. Wright Mills wrote: “In our time, what is at issue is the
very nature of humankind – the image we have of our limits and
possibilities. History is not yet done with its exploration of the
limits of what it means to be human.” We could choose to live
in peace. We could choose to rebuild our planet. We could choose to
become a gentle, polite, mature and loving race of beings. We could
be happy. We could have hope for the future... If we wanted! If we
tried!
It's our choice. It's our lives and we're free to make
the 21st century much better than the 20th – or we can continue
as we are. Perhaps we'll let things get much worse and then we'll
have chosen a different fate. Anwar Sadat (President of Egypt) stated,
“He who cannot change the fabric of his thought will never be
able to change reality.”
Progress