JjJJjjjJ… DOODLING THE LETTER J… J IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK.

CONVENIENCE IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK TOO! THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING A PLASTIC STOPPER FOR A TAKEAWAY COFFEE SO IT DOESN’T SPILL ON MYSELF OR MY CAR. HMMM. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLASTIC STOPPER WHEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH IT? DO WE REUSE IT? DO WE REFUSE IT? DOES IT FALL ON THE GROUND WHEN WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE TAKEAWAY CUP WHEN WE ARE WALKING AND WE DON’T NOTICE? DO WE EVEN THINK ABOUT THE PLASTIC STOPPER ONCE WE ARE FINISHED WITH IT’S CONVENIENCE?

THE CONVENIENCE OF STRANGE LITTLE DENTAL FLOSS TOOLS THAT ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING ONE AVAILABLE SO READILY RATHER THAN A ROLL OF DENTAL FLOSS TO PULL OUT AND MEASURE AND HOLD ONTO WHEN IT GETS GUMMY WITH PLAQUE AND SALIVA. HMMM.

THE CONVENIENCE OF TAKEAWAY FOOD WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE TIME NOR DESIRE TO GROCERY SHOP AND COOK. WHY NOT TREAT OURSELF? CAN WE REFUSE THE PACKAGING AND TAKE OUR OWN?

WHAT ABOUT THE CONVENIENCE OF FOOD DELIVERY? ARE WE SQUIRMING YET??

THE CONVENIENCE OF A DOG POOP BAG WHEN DISPOSED OF MINDFULLY IS A WONDERFUL INVENTION WHEN UTILIZED IN SOMEWHERE WHERE IT MAKES GOOD SENSE, LIKE A CITY STREET.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THE CONVENIENCES WHEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH THEIR ONE-TIME USE? MOST PLASTIC RECYCLING, NO MATTER WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS YOU IS EVENTUALLY NON-RECYCLABLE.

WHAT IF WE UTILIZED A MULTI-PURPOSE MINDSET?

WHAT IF WE TAKE OUR OWN REUSABLE CUP TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE, SOFT DRINK OR TEA AND WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING IT AND REMEMBERING IT FOR THE NEXT TIME…

WHAT IF WE TAKE OUR OWN REUSABLE CONTAINER TO PURCHASE TAKE-AWAY FOOD? AND WASH IT AND REMEMBER IT FOR THE NEXT TIME.

WHAT IF WE HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CONSUMPTION OR WE WOULD BE EXPELLED FROM THE PLANET?

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR GETS CHILDREN EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL. PARENTS DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

FOR HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU BELIEVE EARTH WILL TOLERATE OUR SELF-INDULGENT, GREEDY AND TOXIC BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN, BE THEY HUMAN OR ANOTHER LIFE FORM? EARTH IS A LIVING SENTIENT BEING. SHE IS OUR HOST, SHE IS OUR HOME, SHE IS OUR MOTHER. I BELIEVE SHE HAS A CONSCIOUSNESS. OUR PHYSICALITY IS MADE OF HER. EARTH IS THE GOODNESS! I BELIEVE SHE HAS GREATER PLANS FOR HERSELF THAN HOSTING A BUNCH OF SELF-INDULGENT, LAZY CHILDREN WHO CONSUME FAR BEYOND WHAT SHE CAN NATURALLY PROVIDE AND RESPECT NO THING. WHY ARE WE AS HUMANS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE NATURAL WORLD? WHY CAN WE NOT APPRECIATE OUR SURROUNDINGS AS THEY ARE WITHOUT NEEDING TO TRIM, TO WEED, TO CULTIVATE, TO TAME, TO OBLITERATE THE WILD WHO WE NATURALLY ARE? WHY IS THE WILD CONSIDERED A NUISANCE? LEAVES ARE SHED IN THE AUTUMN AND PEOPLE GRUMBLE ABOUT IT?? EARTH PROVIDES EVERYTHING WE NEED TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE! WHY ARE WE KILLING THE EARTH, OURSELVES, WITH OUR CONVENIENCES?

WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR VALUES?

OUR VALUES SEEM TO HAVE BECOME BASED UPON A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE.

IS THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF THE MATTER WE ARE AFRAID OF WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL… A CLEAN HOME BECAUSE WE FEEL SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER AND SEPARATE FROM OUR HOME? HAVE WE BECOME INSULAR WITH FEAR? DO WE NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR HUMANNESS?

IS THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF THE MATTER THAT WE ARE STUCK IN THE MELON ON TOP OF OUR SHOULDERS AFRAID TO EXPERIENCE LIFE? AFRAID TO GET DIRTY? AFRAID OF THE UNKNOWN??

ARE WE SELF-INDULGENT, SELF-ABSORBED, AND AFRAID TO SLOW DOWN FOR FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT? WHY ARE WE AFRAID TO SLOW DOWN? WE HAVEN’T LIVED IN OUR BODIES FOR AWHILE NOW. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IS IN THERE, BUT WE CAN SENSE IT. OH YES WE CAN SENSE THE SHAME DWELLING IN THERE! WE BURY IT WITH BUSYNESS AND PLUCKING AND TONING AND DRINKING AND SMOKING AND VAPING AND EATING AND SOOTHING ANY WHICH WAY WE CAN. POOR POOR ME. POOR SAD ME. I HAVE BEEN SO HURT BY LIFE. I DESERVE TO BE TREATED WELL SO I WILL SURROUND MYSELF WITH SO MANY THINGS AND CONSUME SO MUCH THAT I AM STUFFED FULL OF WELL BEING? HAH! WILL WE EVENTUALLY SIT WITH OURSELVES AND SEE OUR REFLECTION IN THE WORLD AROUND US? WILL WE REALIZE OUR WORLD DOES NOT END WITH OUR CLOSED DOORS AND WINDOWS? WILL WE REALIZE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STRAY LITTER ON THE GROUND? WILL WE EVENTUALLY REALIZE OUR WORLD IS GLOBAL AND HEART RENDERINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND NEEDS US DESPERATELY TO ACCEPT OURSELVES AND OPEN OUR HEARTS TO THE REALITY THAT WE ARE ALL ONE PLANET, ONE PEOPLE, ONE TRIBE OF EARTH AND THAT COLOUR, RACE, SEX, RELIGION, NATIONALITY ARE LABELS ON HAND-ME-DOWN BELIEFS? WILL WE REALIZE THIS OR WILL WE CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF CONVENIENCE? WILL WE, THE EARTH, SHUT US DOWN?

SURVIVAL IS NOT A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE.

SURVIVAL IS PRIMAL.

SURVIVAL IS TRIBE.

SURVIVAL IS WHO WE ARE.

RAGING RIVERS, QUIET FORESTS, WARM WINDS, BLINDING SNOW, AND THE SUN TOUCHING OUR SKIN AND MELTING OUR FROZEN HEARTS ARE PRECIOUS GIFTS TO INDULGE OUR SENSES IN.

LAY DOWN UPON THE EARTH. LET HER TOUCH YOUR HEART WITH HERS. HER FINGERS ARE RAW AND WILD LIKE SNAKESKIN GLOVES, SMOOTH AND LIQUID LIKE FLOWING WATERS, AND ROUGH AND HARDY LIKE THE BARK OF TREES. EARTH GIVES IT ALL FOR US. THE TIME IS NOW TO DO AWAY WITH CONVENIENCE AND SHARE RESOURCES. TO OPEN OUR DOORS, OUR HEARTS, AND LIVES TO LIVE LIKE WE WERE DYING BECAUSE WE ARE! IT IS TIME TO GIVE BACK TO THE EARTH WE ARE MADE OF!

I CAN WRITE THIS BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IT. EVERY PART OF IT! HIDING, SOOTHING, FEARING WHAT OTHER’S MAY THINK OF ME, HOW OTHERS MAY HURT ME. NOW, I REALIZE ALL THAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT IS HOW I CAN GIVE TO MYSELF WHAT I HAVE BEEN MOST AFRAID OF — OPENING MY HEART TO MY OWN LOVE. HEALING OURSELVES FIRST IS INTEGRAL TO OUR SURVIVAL AS A SPECIES.

IS CONVENIENCE RELATED TO WORTHINESS?

I SEE MYSELF IN YOU.

HMMMM…..

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