I was sitting outside the other day just thinking. I was thinking about life, the songs that the birds sing, how the wind felt so sweet as it warmly swept across my cheeks and how the grass always looks greener when freshly mowed. The sky seemed so blue and I felt a peaceful moment. Its a rare passing I think in most any one's life and one that often passes without notice. I was reminded of the last time I felt this way and it was when I was sitting on the beach. The ocean has a way of talking to you like it is singing a lullaby just for you. It is the most amazing gift of God and nature and one we use often without thanks.
I am greatly saddened by the oil spill. The gulf of Mexico has been my sanctuary for a great deal of my life having grown up on the West Coast of Florida. The fact that this has happened without seemingly a lot of recourse to BP and with such little regard to nature and all if its gifts makes me sick.
What guidelines are in place to prevent this sort of drilling in the future? When will this be fixed?
I typically do not step into politics but I am sorry, Obama said he was down there a month ago and that we are resilient. That the sea life can bounce back in the next three years. Three years...tell that to those who live by the economy that tourism brings in. Tell that to Louisiana and neighboring states that have already been economically devastated.
And the wildlife thirsting for nourishment, covered in oil and dying.
Maybe if the oil spill was washing up on the Potomac...three years would be too long.
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