working for a living

i don't really have much to say, but it's the week of earth day and it's nice to see the tv networks all green and focused on that and everything. but of course i know that'll be over soon. maybe earth day will be the new Christmas when corporations learn more and more how to capitalize on it. i just know that there are two places very close to me - one literally right next to the piece of land i live on - where they are cutting down lots of trees. i've heard chainsaws and bulldozers all through "earth week." i actually like the smell of pine in the air, but then i remember why it lingers so heavy.

i try and put myself in the place of the people cutting down all the trees and realize they are just doing a job. but then i also think, people making missiles and guns and bullets - just doing a job. bartenders that allow people to drink way too much and then drive and kill someone - just earning a living. drug dealers - everyone has to pay the rent. i think the latter categories are much more severe than people who cut down trees for a living - i'm not that far gone just yet, and as long as i use paper or anything else made from wood, i have to allow for people to provide it. i just want there to be some consciousness in all professions of what is taking place - how much good is being done versus the harm, and some attempt at tilting the scales toward the good would be nice. probably some professions have to go. but martin luther thought Christians could serve God as executioners, so i could be wrong.

so yeah, some recognition of as big a picture as possible and the attempt to do the best we can. that might just start with people who cut down trees taking this week off.