Humans and Nature

While on my daily walk on a path near my house Lilli, my younger sister, pointed out a doe to me. The doe stood still staring at Lilli and I as we paused in our steps to look at how pretty she was. As we inched forward, she watched our every move. In a few steps we saw that her babies were in the direction we were walking.

I couldn't help but feel sad that this doe was afraid of us. She was of course rightfully so afraid of humans, but the reasons she is afraid is what is sad.

That, we as humans, think we are far above the rest of nature and take it upon ourselves to decide who lives and who dies. Both in our species and others.

What made us so power hungry? When did we stop believing we were one with nature and start believing we were above it? And is it possible to return to a place where we don't kill?

It reminds me of a song by the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Part of the song is:

What have we done to the world

Look what we've done

What about all the peace

That you pledge your only son...

What about flowering fields

Is there a time

What about all the dreams

That you said was yours and mine...

Did you ever stop to notice

All the children dead from war

Did you ever stop to notice

The crying Earth, the weeping shores.

....

Hey, what about yesterday
What about the seas
The heavens are falling down
I can't even breathe
What about the bleeding Earth
Can't we feel its wounds
What about nature's worth
It's our planet's womb
What about animals
We've turned kingdoms to dust
What about elephants
Have we lost their trust
What about crying whales
We're ravaging the seas
What about forest trails
Burnt despite our pleas
What about the holy land
Torn apart by creed
What about the common man
Can't we set him free
What about children dying

Can't you hear them cry
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why
What about babies
What about the days
What about all their joy
What about the man
What about the crying man
What about Abraham
What about death again
Do we give a damn

I think it's important for the current and future generations to accept animals as equal to us. They may not be able to communicate in our language with us, but they are here just as we are. We must share a similar purpose if we are all here at the same time.

Just a thought.