Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Strange days.  It's almost as if we need aliens to invade us so we can remember we all are on the same small planet.  We are tearing each other apart, endangering plants and animals, our waterways and our air, and we can't seem to find a common purpose.  Everyone has the delusion they are inhabiting their own bit of space that must reflect their and only their concerns.  We see old movies and the way most people tried to pull together not apart, but the health of the planet is not somehow concerning enough to set aside differences.  Our modeling is all divisiveness and refusal to compromise.  There is a lot of "otherness" instead of "we are all in this together".  It's as if a pall is over people that has blinded them to higher purpose or future concerns.  I hope something shifts.  I pray for the world to see how deeply interconnected we are, and the health of one affects the health of all.  That is what globalization ought to mean.  Instead, it is used as a capitalistic term for greed and exploitation.  Our planet is in danger.  We don't really need aliens to see the truth, and it seems we have become the aliens.