Celebrate Earth Day, Everyday!

What we think, say and what we do matters.  We tend to follow a routine everyday, whether it is our morning coffee or exercise routine, favorite television show or meditation.  We all have something that gets our day going and many times it is the voice that lives within our own head, so we need to get our inner voice talking a new language.  We need to sprinkle our thoughts with that of our environment in mind and how we can make everyday Earth Day.  We need to think about our environment, talk about it and get into action in regards to changing our daily habits.

I remember sitting on the tile floor in the yellow kitchen on Pensacola Avenue listening to the small am/fm radio out of a child's reach on top of the refrigerator.  My mom would laugh and sing to the tune coming out of the black box with a three foot antennae, "I'm on top of the world looking down on creation and the only explanation I can find, Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around, Your love's put me at the top of the world!"  Oh the memories!  My mom still knows how to give me love.  This song from the Carpenter's has been sung in every country I have visited, every boat I have worked on and every time I am embarking on a new road in life.  It is a song of elation and one that makes me think of the world we live. I sing these words in faith and joy of our future as we do hold the world, our earth, our ocean in our hands.  We are sitting on top of the world with satellite radio, television and inventions we have dreamed into existence.  We are brilliant, yet we need to now strike a balance with Mother Nature.  Our environment has suffered and it is my pledge to make Earth Day Everyday!  Read More