tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516013.post3053188078703060014..comments2023-11-02T01:59:12.918-07:00Comments on BETTY'S EARLY EDITION: AM I A FANATIC? OH,YES!Betty Krawczykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210783813020592578noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516013.post-18168860141553952842008-05-19T23:04:39.872-07:002008-05-19T23:04:39.872-07:00Thank you, Betty, for helping me remember that the...Thank you, Betty, for helping me remember that there are kindred spirits and like-hearted souls out there, also doing the good work. <BR/><BR/>I received this in an email exchange today with a good friend in Toronto: "I know how you feel, I know it's bigger than important, I know it is your calling, but try and remember that not all of us think of it all day all the time."<BR/><BR/>Here's what I said in return: "Here's my wish. That everyone who is privileged enough to know where their next meal is coming from give some of their time, money and/or energy to the global climate change fight to save the world. I'm not saying that everyone has to become an eco-activist and no longer have any fun (geez, even Peter and I have fun sometimes, and we're at this full-time), but that everyone who possibly can should become a defender of the future, for the sake of all future generations, of all species. <BR/><BR/>"So if you're an executive assistant, you're now an executive assistant *and* someone who helps fight global climate change. If you're a teacher, you're teaching whatever you teach in a way that creates the best possible future. If you're an executive with a large salary, you're also an investor in and promoter of renewable energy technologies (which are, by the way, bringing double digit returns on investments!). If you're a doctor, you're a doctor AND someone who helps heal the Earth. If you're an actor, you act and activate and motivate. If you're a grocery store clerk, you talk with the people whose groceries you check through about how we're going to save the world for your children and grandchildren.<BR/><BR/>If we all did our little bit, no one would have to do it all."<BR/><BR/>Thank you, thank you, thank you, Betty, for doing your FANATICAL little bit to help leave behind a planet worth living for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com