For My Own Health, I Thought It

We Run Around So Much - With The Best Intentions: I Want To Save The Rain Forest. I've Gotta Clean Up The Oceans. I've Gotta Save The Dolphins. All Worthy Efforts, But If You're Not Centered And You Don't Have The Serenity In Your Life You Need To Accomplish That Task, You're Not Going To Do A Very Good Job.

We, Who Have So Much, Must Do More To Help Those In Need. And Most Of All, We Must Live Simply, So That Others May Simply Live.

It's Something I Passed On To My Kids. They Really Love The Earth Because They've Experienced It From The Youngest Age. They Know Where Food Comes From - It Doesn't Come From The Safeway Bush Or The Ralph's Tree. It Comes From The Earth. And Water And Sunshine And Nutrients. My Children Understand That Because They've Experienced It. I Feel Successful As A Parent, Having Done That.

To Be A Modern Person In 2012, You Are Often Required To Have Some Electronics In Your Life. And I Do. I Try To Put That Phone Down, Put The Computer Away, And Get Out There And Hike In The Woods; Feel It In My Feet, Feel It In My Hands; Get Out In The Garden And Feel The Soil Under My Fingers, My Fingertips And My Fingernails. I Try To Be Involved In Nature In A Very Tactile Way. I Think That's Important.

Experience Nature. Then You Know Why It's Worth Protecting.