Hindu Ramblings: Noble Intentions, Protecting the Earth, and the Optimistic Future

Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Is trying good enough? The answer is simply no. Is trying your best good enough? Maybe the answer is yes....and in a sad unfortunate amount of times, the answer is still a firm negative. When someone hurts you, and says "sorry it was not intentional", does that do anything to ease the suffering? Usually not. Yet when you are on the other side of the coin, you cannot comprehend why someone would not understand that you did not mean to hurt them. 

It feels that no matter what step we take, there is an imprint left on the Earth, whether it is a footprint in the soil, or an outline made of moisture that after leaving the shower. Sometimes without looking, our footsteps lead to destruction, lead to breaking something we did not see, lead to taking the life of an insect, a slug, or perhaps an even larger creature. Was that an intention? Yet the small amount of broken material or the loss of life is there all the same.

As we walk forward in life, let us always try to use each step as one toward kindness, awareness, and duty. However, sometimes things will break, and others will be hurt. Where does one go from there? It feels the answer is a little more complex. Some people need space and time to heal their emotional wounds. Others are more resilient and demanding, they will recover by removing you from their life all together. It is never easy to embrace rejection from someone, but you do not want the relationship to end. It does make you stronger, but there are ways to get stronger without destruction. 

Let's us try harder not to hurt anyone or anything. Let us walk forward with only the smallest amount of imprint on the Earth, for if our steps are too heavy, the ground, the grass, and the home will break with ease. 

Words are not enough. Actions are more valuable than words. Where is the effort in our words? We can say many things, but at the end of the season, what do we have to show for ourselves? Our works and efforts might not be enough. We do not need to fight. We need to nurture, but we also need education before we can become nurturers. The answers to all our questions seem so much more understandable in retrospect. Hindsight is 20/20, and the rear view mirror is often clearer than the windshield. 

Yet who are we to make mistakes and blame it on the past? Who are we to make mistakes, and say that we should have tried harder? Who are we to do harm and brush it off?  

Let us study the past. Let us plan for the future. Let us live in the present, but thoughts, ideas, and dreams will not be enough. For the medicine of the Earth is often in our actions. If we did wrong in the past, there is a way for us to do greatness next time...not just do better, but to achieve the highest possible form of greatness. 

Education. Kindness. Optimism. Planning and Preparation. The sharing of ideas and knowledge.Learning the way to care for all things. Learning the way to share love for the Earth without trampling a single blade of grass. How to love the oceans without dropping a single contaminant. How to show kindness to the stray animals on your street without any neglect. 

There are many things that one can say. There are many plans that one can make. There are many inspirational things that we can tell ourselves, but through the course of our actions, we will see the true examination of our love. 

Let each day be one of not only dreams, but also education, and show your education to what tomorrow will bring.