A NEW LOVE
I have a good internet connection, so I thought I'd share what's exciting me right now. Two words...Planet Earth. It is the best thing to watch. The images are amazing. And I have learned so much about this blue orb. It helps put everything into place...all our endless pursuits for success, happiness, wealth. When you see the struggles that so many animals have to suffer daily, you really question the importance we place on such material things. And I call 'happiness' material because, as Americans, we have made it so.
Ironically, I have been reading the cover story of the latest National Geographic. After decades of scientists claiming that animals work only as machines, they are returning to the belief Darwin espoused so long ago, that animals, no matter how simple the creature, are thinking beings. Their emotions may be much simpler, but perhaps that is to an advantage. They are not endlessly worrying about how much money they have, or whether the relationship they're in is good. Their focus is on one thing: survival. The barest of necessities are quite often all they rely on. There are no cell phones, no humvees, no gucci. Just fight or flight. It wasn't too long ago that we existed the same way. Many call it progress, but considering I sell more self-help books than anything else and the sales of anti-depressants are at an all-time high, I beg to differ.
But I digress into yet another rant. And what I really want to do is encourage anyone who may read this to watch this BBC series. I'm even considering buying it because I could watch those images over and over and not tire of them. Please, do yourself a favor and watch it. I will leave you with one of many images I found from the dvd. It is a male bird of paradise displaying for a female and is absolutely beautiful.
Ironically, I have been reading the cover story of the latest National Geographic. After decades of scientists claiming that animals work only as machines, they are returning to the belief Darwin espoused so long ago, that animals, no matter how simple the creature, are thinking beings. Their emotions may be much simpler, but perhaps that is to an advantage. They are not endlessly worrying about how much money they have, or whether the relationship they're in is good. Their focus is on one thing: survival. The barest of necessities are quite often all they rely on. There are no cell phones, no humvees, no gucci. Just fight or flight. It wasn't too long ago that we existed the same way. Many call it progress, but considering I sell more self-help books than anything else and the sales of anti-depressants are at an all-time high, I beg to differ.
But I digress into yet another rant. And what I really want to do is encourage anyone who may read this to watch this BBC series. I'm even considering buying it because I could watch those images over and over and not tire of them. Please, do yourself a favor and watch it. I will leave you with one of many images I found from the dvd. It is a male bird of paradise displaying for a female and is absolutely beautiful.
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