World Environment Day is an important Day; no matter what other day it is. Every year on June 5th the World Environment Day comes up, and I honestly confess that I am stopped for a while.
I think of how easily we forget that we are a part of the world outside our windows, the trees, rivers, animals, and skies. We are so distracted by the daily routine – scrolling, working, hurrying — that we hardly even see the way our surroundings are changing.
Yet, there are also those moments of peace: the possibility of walking around barefoot on the grass, of seeing the sun set, of hearing the birds sing early in the morning.
That’s when it hits me — nature is not something just “out there.” It’s part of who we are.
World Environment Day is not about being perfect, or preaching to anyone. It’s just a simple reminder.
A chance to ask ourselves: Am I doing even the littlest bit to help care for the world that cares for me?
It may be lugging a cloth bag instead of plastic, picking recycling over regular trash, putting an enemy-green bean plant on the balcony, or turning off the tap while brushing. These aren’t huge acts. But they matter.
And why is that? Because that’s what happens when millions of people take small steps — that’s when change starts to take hold.
So maybe this June 5 we can do one small thing instead of just reading about the environment or clicking a like button. Earth doesn’t need us — not to anyone else but to ourselves, and the Earth that has always been there for us.
Let’s treat it like a friend. A beautiful, very old, very tired friend who needs us.
we forget that we are of the world outside our windows, the trees, rivers, animals, and skies. We are so distracted by the daily — scrolling, working, hurrying — that we hardly even see the way our surroundings are changing.
Yet, there are also those moments of peace: the possibility of walking around barefoot on the grass, of seeing the sun set, of hearing the birds sing early in the morning.
That’s when it hits me — nature is not something just “out there.” It’s part of who we are.
World Environment Day is not about being perfect, or preaching to anyone. It’s just a simple reminder.
A chance to ask ourselves: Am I doing even the littlest bit to help care for the world that cares for me?
It may be lugging a cloth bag instead of plastic, picking recycling over regular trash, putting an eensy-green bean plant on the balcony, or turning off the tap while brushing. These aren’t huge acts. But they matter.
And why is that? Because that’s what happens when millions of people take small steps — that’s when change starts to take hold.
So maybe this June 5 we can do one small thing instead of just reading about the environment or clicking a like button. Earth doesn’t need us — not to anyone else but to ourselves, and the Earth that has always been there for us.
Let’s treat it like a friend. A beautiful, very old, very tired friend who needs us.
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