Miracles of Hope

An Inconvenient Truth

I was so inspired by this documentary as it illustrated the danger facing humankind and the planet in the most visceral way! What a pity that Al Gore was pipped at the US presidency election post. The world would be a very different place today if he had got in as US President. But then perhaps the work he is doing in alerting people around the world to the dangers of climate change and rising global mean temperatures would not have been done …

Glad Day

Friday 20th October was a glad day for me as I spent it at SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) doing my bit for the preservation of the African Penguin chicks that were rescued off Dyer Island. They were born too late in the season, and as their parents had started to moult, they were unable to fish for their chicks. As a first day “appie” I scrubbed out pens, carried boxes of chicks, cleaned feeding equipment and did other lowly but very necessary tasks. The work was physically exhausting but at the end of the shift the aches and pains felt good as I felt I had done my bit for the African Penguin population. It also felt good to get out of the office and a cerebral construct, into the field so to speak! Good on ya to all the other volunteers who have taken the plight of these little furry bundles to their hearts, unselfishly giving of themselves and their time. For myself, I have pledged other days to SANCCOB and will be continuing to do my bit for penguin and country!!

I believe

So much has happened in my life in the past few weeks to confirm my chosen path! and I continue to believe in the importance of the work and my commitment to doing it is as strong as ever!! Perhaps the lesson is to learn to let go because as old avenues close down, more powerful and exciting new ones open up!!!

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of to-day and the reality of tomorrow.

Robert H. Goddard

Let’s hope that the reality of tomorrow is a more humane and safer world for us all. That is my dearest wish and if I can be in any way instrumental in helping to bring this about then my time here would have been excellently spent!!

Yesterday (Sunday) I spent time at the British Museum - a really worthwhile experience! It was amazing to see the different cultural interpretations on life per se. From the North American Indians to the Egyptions and Assyrians, each culture was indelibly influenced by the environment in which it existed and it seems as if most past civilizations had a far more complex and reverant association with the natural world than we have. I wonder what future archeologists will make of our civilization? A world of technocrats without spiritual anchoring? Or a world where the ultimate goal of technology became the empowerment of the natural world?