Small Things Add Up

Thank you for posing the question about what one individual has done to think about the future of our planet. It’s an important question.
Most of us think, “What can one person do to make even the slightest dent in the health and well-being of our planet?” But from my perspective, all the seemingly small things each one of us does adds up in a big way, just like compounded interest does when there’s money in your bank account. Initially our small contribution seems like a mere drop in the proverbial bucket, but as time passes and each of us does one other small thing and again one other small thing, it’s like a snowball rolling downhill, it picks up energy as it goes. Since science has shown us we are all connected at the basic level, it’s entirely possible for one small thought or one small action to act like a lightening rod attracting more and more energy to it and eventually it begins to affect the bigger whole.
As for me, I’ve done many small things in my lifetime, but the one that comes to immediately to mind is that I chose to only have one child. Even 30 years ago I understood the fact that most of the problems and challenges we face today on the planet are due to the fact that there are simply too many people. It’s people who use the resources, create pollution and generally disregard and disrespect our home planet. This planet only has so much space and so many resources. Most of us seem to believe these things are endless and keeping what we have clean and productive tends to fall by the wayside when there’s a lot of money involved. As one of the earth’s major inhabitants, and the one who can and does cause the most harm, I think it’s up to each of us to take a good hard look at how many children we bring into the world. We need to ask the hard questions like, “What kind of place will we leave our children?” Will we leave it a better or worse place than when we arrived? If we can’t answer those questions in the positive, then each of us needs to seriously consider limiting the number of children we chose to have, or better yet, chose not to have any. I chose to bring my actions into congruence with my principles. And this is the same basic choice each of us must make, to live by our principles. It’s the only way we will survive.
In love and light,
Betsy Cagle
Women in Technology Director of Sponsorships