So here I sit at my computer…an average everyday mom getting ready to jump into the deep end and out into the world of blogging with both feet, eyes wide open! Hopefully!!!
And for what some might ask?
With the hope in finding other mothers out there (like myself) who are thinking about jumping onto that green expressway with the sole purpose of making our community (and eventually world) a much greener, healthier and simpler place to be! I wanted a place where I could go to write down thoughts, ideas and simple steps I have taken in my day to day life that might inspire other moms to do the same. Do I think this will be an easy task? Do I think I’ll be able to convert all moms I meet to the greener pastures of a Going Green life? Definitely not! But if I can help to motivate even one mom to start making small changes…then I have done the job I set out to do with this blog. It all really does seem to start with a single idea from a single person who cares enough to see changes made. The one mom who’s focus I may have helped shift might then feel the desire to go out into her community and show off her great green ideas to others. It’s a chain reaction! Slowly things may start to change. We moms are a powerful group. We have a lot to say. Now, as a collective group, we just need to not be afraid to get out there and stand up for the things we believe in!
You know, I have to admit, as excited as I am about all this I’m also a bit nervous!! Will my family think I’m crazy? Will my friends laugh at me? Will I eventually feel like I am just one person not really making a difference at all? Well, I’m sure all three will happen at one time or another…and you know what…I’m okay with that! Because I have made a promise to myself that no matter how crazy things get or how overwhelmed I feel with the amount of information out there I want to pass along I will plow ahead into the wonderful world of green! As a mother I feel it is my duty to give it my best shot for my family’s sake and the ones that will come after…because they are the ones that will forever truly matter!
So now I’ve done it! My very first post!! I’ve jumped in with both of my rather average feet (I’m a 7 1/2) to hopefully make a big green splash in my community. Whatever easy and interesting tips I come across and like I will pass along to all you moms out there…great green info including cool new products for us and our kids, which products are safe and which ones we should stay from, organic tips on anything from what you should and shouldn’t buy at stores, fresh local farmers markets, easy organic recipes and simple steps we can take at home to make our lives a little greener. This is going to be a blast!! Seriously, it’s not about beating ourselves up about the way we’ve been doing it – it’s about re-thinking the way we live in this world -not just as one but as many…as a whole. We also need to remember we can’t judge on how much or how little someone is doing because I believe literally every little bit counts…and leaves a bright green footprint on our community, our Earth and most importantly our souls.
I wanted leave you all with this final thought. I’m sure some of you have received this in your inbox before (like I have) but it really goes along with my thoughts and feelings these days on caring more, loving longer and trying to figure out how to go back to a simpler way of life without giving up our modern day conveniences…just not wasting so much with them. It’s from George Carlin – hilarious comedian -which was emailed to me by an old friend of mine who I haven’t talked to in forever (which is something I must rectify) and I wanted to include in this post before I signed off. I know it’s long but if you have a moment definitely worth the read!
GEORGE CARLIN
Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70′s and 80′s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate.
A Message by George Carlin:
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete…
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.
Remember, to say, ‘I love you’ to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
If you don’t send this to at least 8 people….Who cares?
George Carlin
I love the last line! Seriously, who really cares if you send the next praying angel email you get to anyone!!
So I say to all you moms (and anyone else who took the time to read this) out there…be healthy, be happy, be patient with our kids, give smiles and hugs out freely…because I believe doing this will add years to your life!
Happy Greening!!!
