Making change: Making a change

“If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place… Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change I'm Gonna Make A Change,… For Once In My Life It's Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna Make It Right . . .” - Michael Jackson (Man In The Mirror)

            I know, I know. How can I expect anybody to read or take my blogs seriously when I quote Michael Jackson? Well, these particular lyrics are applicable to my snippet for today, change. I am talking about a personal change that affects the world, one person, one family, one community, at a time.

            I have written blogs about health and nutrition and I have read blogs about the environment and the affects of humans on it. It was not until I saw some commercials on the TV that it occurred to me to change and that I could actually make a difference. This change in myself, that I plan because of here, will spread to my husband (poor guy) and my children and who knows to where from them.

            There was a commercial that talked about energy needs stating something like there being enough oil to supply 6 million people for sixty years. My initial thought was ‘oh that is more then enough’ then my mind turned on and told me that is a finite amount and what about my kids and their kids? To what effect will this have on the earth and its environment?

            Then there was a Brita commercial….actually two. One started saying “two hours in a meeting” the other started with “eight hours of sleep”. Then they both pan out to just the bottle of water that you had hardly noticed and ended with “A life-time in a land fill”. I was floored I never thought of that this way.

            I am a huge fan of drive the kids to were ever so that they can play. I am an even bigger fan of bottled water since I cannot stand tap water. I never thought of what happens to the bottle once I am done. Thanks to ‘Carrot’ I know what it takes to get that bottled water to my store and myself to the bottle and it home.

            So, starting from when I get home, I will look at me in the mirror and make some changes. I plan on limiting my driving errands to one time a week. I will get local food stuff in season. I will use my PUR filter (I bought it for the babies water source) to fill up my empty bottles for my water instead of getting new bottles every time. I will teach my kids during nature walks to be mini-tree huggers and bike riders instead of driving them in my super carbon-releaser to a park to over ten miles away. We have a few parks within kiddo walking distance.

            The hardest change for my family I think will be with what we eat. My husband is a hard core junk food junkie. The kids are probably use to their prepared packaged grub since I have been gone for so long. I am actually excited to pick up the health in my and my kid’s lives and get back to the basics.

            I also plan on lower our technology use. Since we do not pay for our utilities we have a bad, bad, bad habit of letting things stay on all day (lights) and running water even when we can conserve. I can switch the way we do the dishes to limit the refuse released into the water systems. The Water situation can be an entire blog all by itself…probably for another day.

            I am really concerned about how we think that we will have enough to get us by without a half thought about what would happen during our children’s and grandchildren’s life. It is like we do not care about all that. We need to look at ourselves and do something to change and improve, I am starting with me. Will you be inspired?

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