I’m still in France as I write this – and the odds look very good now that I’ll actually get on a flight departing tomorrow. Yippee! I won’t count my chickens before they’re hatched, but I am indeed quite optimistic after reading the latest newspaper reports.
I’m writing this quick entry to highlight a point I referred to in passing in my last posting.
For me, one of the reminders this experience brings with it is just how powerless we are in the face of nature’s great forces. I’m reminded of the famous quote:
Life is what happens while you’re busy making plans.
– John Lennon
So true indeed. This volcano, or the recent earthquakes in China and Chile, or the massive earthquake at the beginning of the year in Haiti, or any other natural “disaster” shows us time and again who’s really in charge – Mother Nature. I think it’s healthy for us to remember this, and to maintain a good dose of humility. After all,
The planet does not belong to us; we belong to it.
This is a quote I read somewhere quite recently, from an aboriginal leader. Unfortunately I can’t remember his name at this time.
We humans get all high and mighty too often, thinking we’re the ones who run the show, thinking everything is up to us. I think we have plenty of evidence to the contrary. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make plans, set goals, etc. I’m a huge fan of doing that and I have used it to accomplish great things in my life so far. But, I think it’s a good idea to keep in mind that there are many variables we don’t have control over, and we will have to adjust along the way.
To healthy humility.
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