pre-post, class date: 11/16/11; written date: 11/15/11

Lightly, carefully, gracefully

Directly upon reading this title of the chapter and flowing over to the read itself, I couldn't help but think about how even the gentle breeze of the Lord is still the most powerful thing. Which led me to a separate, similar quote that holds weight in all areas of our life, including how we treat the earth- "It's the little things we do that mean anything." I love how Majora Carter regarded the point she was trying to make clear as us "actually believing we have the audacity to change the world." This is so true, and I don't understand how long it will take us to understand that we don't need to start an environmentalist campaign or protest or anything so large scale in order to make differences. Surely these types of things hold their weight and make waves, but we truly need only to be faithful in the little things.. which have no option but to spill over into bigger things as time progresses.

What moved me most about this week's reading and the video was a singular sentence that came out of Majora Carter's mouth. I, personally, find people's struggles more moving than the environment's struggles- though they both hold their own weight, my interest and investment lies first in other people. So, with that, occasionally I have trouble with our reading- thinking it to be droning on and on about essentially the same thing that we keep filling our brains with but not doing anything about. But, what latched onto my heart was when, in the midst of her bold speech regarding all we still need to do, Majora made it personal.. referencing where she came from and how much more of her story there is and then she said the words, "Don't waste me." Now, that alone would make someone like me get off my rear end and move. That puts it into an even heavier playing ground, because not only is it simply about the care of the earth at this point, but it's now about the care of another human's feelings. It creates a whole new perspective.

She ended the video with a simple truth that most of us have yet to latch onto,

"we have nothing to lose and everything to gain."