I was driving home a couple of hours ago and started thinking about the energy crisis back in the day. You know the one, back in the late 60's early 70's when that wave of people were very considerate of mother nature and the same types of revolutionary things were happening in the church (hey- that might be where I've heard of the conspiracy before..... only now we have this marvelous internet that hurries and magnifies communication and publication.... but I digress....)Back then, when another group of folks started the environmental revolution/simple living thing, it was very much frowned upon to light up Christmas lights. So why are all these people who want to be considerate of the earth using extra light bulbs this month? Not being true to those posts from the blog day a month or two ago when everybody sat there blogging about how they were going to reduce energy use, hmmm? Just something to think about.
Do folks really want to change the way they live, or do it only when it is convenient? This "going green" thing is oh-so-trendy. But if you need to give up sweet traditions (yes, you are carrying forth non-earthfriendly traditions into another generation) would you be willing to change? Just a little something to think about.
3 comments:
I don't put up the lights anymore. There is a lit tree at Lake Gregory that reflects on the water. I love it. Several churches gather each year to officially light it up and sing, eat cookies. I've never been.
I've noticed that fewer people up here are lighting their houses for the holidays. There is one house near 7-11 that is always decorated beautifully and it is so cheery. I think that they are spreading cheer in our neighborhood. I've met the owners and they are animators at Disneyland.
you would.
dang. pretty convicting stuff.
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