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The first time through, I left college wanting to save the world. The second time around, I learned that the world doesn’t need to be saved. Throughout much of my life, I sought to convert others to my point of view, presuming that I knew the one right way to live. But efforts to prove which way is right closed my mind to listening and learning from ways unknown to myself.
In trying to change the world for good or bad, humans have to sought control it, and in doing so, efforts continue to be made to place it under lock and key. It has been suggested that the earth was made for humankind, but I wonder if it was privy to this knowledge, for it seems to carry on without human consultation. Natural disasters are commonplace, and while they destroy land formations and cities, the earth does not ask humans which ones to keep intact.
Humans are susceptible to the earth and its doings. This is known to all. Some chose to accept and draw upon this while others less so. We may judge the earth, but it will never judge us. How to live with it is a decision granted to all species, but believing that there is only one right way places humans rather than the earth under lock and key.
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[...] Presently, organizations and individuals are advocating for new policies and programs to reduce climate change, but they assume that humans can do so while maintaining their view that “man” can master the planet and place it under lock and key. [...]