I started reading a new book ... "Managing Planet Earth" by Scientific America...

it has helped me shed a frustration or distaste that I have held for a while.

I grew up in the 90's ...

being naively unaware of the world around me led me to have a rather relaxed childhood.

Life was wonderful,

the internet was fast (relatively) and I enjoyed myself quite thoroughly ...

As I grew older that started to change.

I became more aware of the world around me.

I became more aware of the suffering that existed.

Inequality, injustice and inhumane behavior all began to flow into my stream of consciousness ...

I became angry

I questioned the humans that came before me.

How could they have acted like this?

How could they have such blatant disregard for our future citizens

And ... for a long time I thought they were bad ... or just evil

Now I see things a bit differently.

Human beings have been burning fossil fuels for about two centuries now ...

In the grand scheme of things that is 3 to 4 generations (depending on where you live)

This is how I see things .

The first fella's (and ladies) were super excited about being able to do things more efficiently

The second group were determined to take this new power and use it to expand, grow and improve their society.

The third group got kind of comfortable and just enjoyed the benefits of technology and energy abundance ...

and now you have us.

We are the first generation to ever experience, first hand, the effects of anthropogenic climate change.

It's a very human quality to only focus on problems that are directly impacting you.

Therefore,

it's quite understandable that we are the only ones that are really trying to solve the problem.
The baby boomers seem quite content to let themselves die off ...

now it's up to us to clean up the mess.

Even though there are exceptions to the rule,
I am no longer mad at our predecessors for consuming as they did.

they did not no the wrong they were doing

they did not know the debt they were incurring

Sure, we still have a lot of work to do ...

I am no longer angry

I forgive you for burning fossil fuels
I forgive you for starting all of these unnecessary wars
I forgive you for tricking us into excessive consumption to feed your greedy economies ...

I forbid you to do it any longer

We all need to work together to start creating a new Earth ...

and ...

I know many of us already are.

Hopefully, if you were like me this post may ease some of your suffering...

I have been angry for too long and now have chosen to let that go.
I am moving forward, with peace and love in my heart, and determination in my mind...

shall we make a heaven on this earth??

I vote yes