There was a popular item about ten years ago called a gratitude journal. Humble idea to exam one's life each day and write about something to be grateful about. Sunny day, the freedom to travel, realization of warmth of a friend are all the simple but wonderful ideas for this journal. In a way, it is a simplistic idea but it forced the writer to think about the day, to appreciate, to feel with the heart and think with the soul, to experience a moment of meditation.
Even today, as we realize the hardships of unemployment, the endless Pentagon war machine and the tragedy of the gulf I sense some life is going without a view of the world, without an acknowledgement of empathy. Where is the outrage? Where is the understanding that the earth is seriously wounded and corporations must change for the survival of human, animal and plant life?
A study recently stated that the more wealthy an individual was the less able to appreciate the taste of chocolate, the wonder of a water falls or the beauty of music. It is assumed that the scarcity of an item puts value on it. Maybe MR. BP knows that he can go to a different home in the North Sea, or Hawaii or Southampton, he doesn't have to look at the oil off shore and remember it as before, smell it, taste in his drinking water or experience health problems or lose his family business. This period of time is annoying but not forever for a man of BP wealth.
A gratitude journal in today's world could only be focused on the personal only because the world at large is lacking in ethics, empathy or consequence. Where has the collective consciousness of this nation or corporate world gone?
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