391 How do we see ourselves, both on the personal level, and as a collective? I do not believe that there is a simply answer for the question!
If mankind was more like a beehive, we would all know how we fit into working together to make a better whole. Alas, we are not, nor are we solitary creatures that only come together to mate and reproduce. And yet, there are among us just about every type of personality that we have observed, in the animal kingdom! It is therefore easy to see ourselves in almost every kind of animal on the planet, many go so far as to say they have an animal spirit that helps them cope with the world. Our connection with this planet is not tentative or impassionate, but much more complex than we even understand. With feelings that few ever even think about, it is easy to see one thing but not how it connects with ourselves. One of the things that almost every American driver does that baffles me is when they come upon something lying in the middle of the road that has the potential of causing damage to a car or worst causing an accident they simply avoid it if they can and continue on as if there was not a danger for others just waiting to cause damage! Pulling off the road and removing the object does not even seem to enter into their minds as the right thing to do. One time I was even stopped by a policeman for doing just that, he wanted to give me a ticket for littering saying that I must have dropped the item by accident and had turned around to pick it up. Well since I was driving a car and it was a large part of a retreaded semi-tire I was able to convince him that it had not been from my vehicle, to begin with. We seem to not connect, a possible problem with our need to help mitigate a safe solution. Global Warming and Climate Change is a perfect example of this disconnect that most of us see as not our problem, or not proven to be an immediate danger to us personally. I am just barely old enough to remember the "Cuba Missile Crisis" where everyone had no power to make any difference in the outcome except two men Kennedy and Khrushchev, everyone else on the planet was simply waiting to let these two decide the world's fate! It was over quickly but at what cost for the relationship of the next 50 years between the U.S., and Russia? That was perhaps the last time so much power was held in the hands of so few. Yet it did not take 100 different nations taking years to come to a consensus to scale back the problem! It can be said, that sometimes both types of systems may be necessary to address an issue. It would of course be wonderful if just a few people would have the ability to come together, and address the issues that the planet is facing to come to a consensus on using the "plan" to fulfill all of the problems both mankind and the planet is facing! But how mankind's world works seem to be too complicated for that much power to be in the hands of too few! Dan, I can be reached at 402-890-7946, or by G-mail at <daniel.kadavy212@gmail.com> or go to <https://lifecycleofaplanet.blogspot.com>. Telling others and spreading this information is the only way forward!
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