Hidden within catastrophes
are gifts and opportunities;
perhaps we have the chance here
to awaken potentialities within us,
perhaps to live
the most meaningful lives
that we could ever hope to live.
-David Christopher
And that is a good end-note, pointing forward at possibilities of renewal and even rebirth. It reminds me of the way Al Gore ends his Inconvenient Truth, with an appeal to our generational conscience and the question we don't want our descendants to ask: “What were our parents thinking? Why didn’t they wake up when they had a chance?” We still have an opportunity to forestall that question. If we seize it, we will indeed live up to our potential and enjoy "the most meaningful lives" we can imagine. What a gift that would be, for us and them.
So here was Al on the TED stage, with "15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately"... (If only he'd been this personable and funny when he ran for president!)
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