What Kind of World is This?

As I look around and see what's going on in the world, I get very disheartened and sometimes I wonder what kind of a world my daughter fought so hard to stay alive in. Everything is melting, the air, land and water are filthy and actually running out. Everywhere there are wars or rumors of war, people are living in abject poverty, the economy is crashing around us. The sun is now so strong because of the loss of the ozone layer that going out in the sun has become like being ex rayed.

The water is full of all kinds of medications and chemicals so most people are unknowingly being drugged just by drinking the water. The voices for peace and change are there, but fear and the struggle just to merely survive is paralyzing large segments of the population. Hospitals, schools are falling apart. Charity hospitals are having to close their doors. Whatever happened to the people that were displaced by Katrina? Those who were displaced and those who got put in formaldahyde trailers?

What about returning soldiers from Iraq and Aphghanistan? What kind of physical, emotional and mental condition will they be in. This is my daughter's generation. They are full of depleted uranium, post traumatic stress disorder, lost limbs, brain disorders. As we go about our day to day lives, we mostly don't think about the millions of people in the world who live in poverty and despair.

I am so glad my daughter survived, but so sad to see the condition of the world. It doesn't seem to me that the human race has evolved all that much. We have turned the planet into one big garbage dump. Remember that old commercial... "You can't fool with Mother Nature"? well, you can't...

Every day, I try to think of at least one thing I can do to make the world better. Every little bit helps. One person can make a difference. One prayer can make a difference. One kind word can make a difference.