Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Seeing images of the youth of the world marching in demand for action on climate change yesterday made me feel sad and proud.  They want a future for themselves, and we are the ones not insuring that future to the best of our ability.  Why people in power would not care about their children and grandchildren is impossible for me to fathom.  I felt shame at the state of our country, the ignorance of citizens who care only about themselves and right now, the lack of critical thinking ability that has them urging selfish people to be more selfish and blindfold any vision of which they might be capable.  I remember being terrified of the atomic bomb, and when my friend and I would lay out on the cool grass at night and talk about how useless it was to build a bomb shelter as we'd seen in Life magazine, because we lived close enough to Washington, D.C. that we knew we'd be obliterated.  We were children, but we were furious with our leaders who played so fast and loose with our futures.  These children now are speaking a truth the adults wish to ignore.  I hope the visionaries, even though they may be few and far between, answer this call for mercy.  This is not a game, and even the super rich will not escape the consequences of ignoring the cries of the planet.