The Problem With The Earth is Earthquakes...

The problem with the earth is earthquakes
The problem with the ocean is tsunamis
The problem with nuclear is meltdowns
The problem with people is denial
The problem with denial is painful death

so when the earth weighs in and shakes the buildings down
and the oceans surge forth and drown everything in its path
and the cooling towers fail and spew radiation that destroys life
...the people die painful deaths

And there is nothing we can do about it
Once the die is cast that way
And the bigger the body is
The harder it falls...
And that means we cannot pray our ways out of it
We cannot talk our ways out of it
Nature is God,
In that respect
And the good and the bad die together,
And so our job is to pray for knowledge not denial
And the miracle of truth is that we begin to see
Things for the way they are and not the way we want them to be
And truth is the spiritual principle that we seek

For instance we can begin to ask questions
Such as: are there any big nuclear facilities near us that might contaminate
Or damage our lives somehow?
Are there any forces of nature that we need to look at with open eyes,
Like flood plains or droughts or gas lines or human denials or problems of
such huge scale that pain awaits, like bubbles and corporate greed,
And then do something with those truths in mind.

St. Patrick’s day is so very Irish and a celebration of green,
And Murphy’s law follows in its wake,
Today, on the eve of destruction.
“Let the spirits of green truth flow today” might be a good toast.