THE EARTH IS OUR BEAUTY

Mother Earth is hurting, truly hurting.  So many of us walk through our lives every day without realizing

how vital it is to recognize the beauty and true importance of our home, Earth itself.  There is a fight going

on right now, and it is that of true awareness, true care for our environment.  Al Gore, our honorable

representative, has launched a campaign to stop global warming.  Environmentalists lobby every day to stop

the unnatural razing of our natural environment.  And we, we have a responsibility in our little communities

to keep our environment clean, to plant new trees, to recognize that we have a place in contributing to

healing this Earth.  And it is true.  You have the power to heal this Earth by picking up trash.  You have the

power to plant a tree every year.  You have the power to donate to an environmental cause.  You have the

power to start a small group to assist in making your town or community a more beautiful place.   Think of

it this way...if you like to travel to beautiful places, realize that it is a change of environment that's drawing

you there...that you want to be healed by Mother Earth's natural beauty.  But please realize that the natural

beauty around your home is vital to you and everyone else around you, and has the potential for the same

beauty that you find when traveling to a beautifully cared for place.  Please take the time to cherish the

environment close to you, even in small ways.  Plant a tree in your garden and water it every day.  Pick up

trash when you see it and throw it away.  Donate to your local environmental causes.  Or visit my website and

donate to a larger environmental cause, because, believe me, community by community, beauty is born.  And

one last thing...if you truly care about yourself, you must care, without fail, about Mother Earth.  It sustains us,

it keeps us healthy, it is the true beauty upon which our loving lives are built.  Eating.  We must eat to live. 

Think about this, please.  You are given the gift of food without being asked anything in return, and now Mother

Earth is asking something back of you.  And she is telling you this...I am loving and love you, I feed you and

nurture you, I hold you in beauty every day.  Please love me enough to care for me.  Care for her, and care for

her deeply.  She is the one true love of humanity, and needs to be cared for.  Not later.  Now.  The Earth is your

beauty.  You wouldn't neglect yourself.  Don't neglect her--protect her.  We are love fighting for her.  We are

love loving her.  We are love healing her.  And love is what it will take to hold her in our arms, her beauty close,

growing within us and around us every day.

-Rebecca Tacosa Gray