Colorado is burning. The State had 9 wild fires burning at one time this weekend and we hit 104 degrees on Saturday. This is 20 degrees above the normal temperature. At the same time, I listened to a good friend tell me that one of the reasons our nation is falling behind the rest of the world is because EPA guidelines/ standards make it impossible to generate industry production in the United States, they send items like tires to be developed over seas. Opposed to keeping those jobs here. And all I thought was if we don't take care of the environment we don't have to worry about our economy.
What would I do if I won the lottery? I see one of two scenarios playing out... I disappear. I find a place in the middle of nowhere, where development isn't anticipated for decades and I live. I garden, hike, walk, run, fish and read. I stop letting general politics, ignorance and high conflict people bother me.
Or, I stay. I keep the job I have and I get involved. I make my voice louder and donate to causes that mean so much to me. Oh, and I will probably buy a house in Capital Hill in Denver.
I am passionate. It sometimes is my Achilles heal, but I don't want to change. I wish more people would get passionate... and I guess I really don't care about what. Great things come from people who care and want to see a change. It is boiling in my soul. I just don't know if I want to stay and fight or flee into the environment I so desperately want to protect.
