Thought of the Day



Monday, 23 March 2009

The 12 Ecological Mysteries of the Rose Bush

My good buddy Cathy gave me an idea. She was feeling cranky and warned us not to pray the Rosary of the Ecological Mysteries during Lent (or ever, in fact!) I thought it would be fun to come up with just what those mysteries might be....have at her folks! I will start...

First Joyful Mystery of Ecology - the trees are alive and need your hugs!

Hail Tree, full of fruit, the spirit of the wood nymphs are in you, blessed are you among Mother Earth Gaia and blessed is the fruit of your boughs. Holy huggable tree, please don't be chopped down to be made into toilet paper.

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First Sorrowful Mystery of Ecology - the bad people fly in airplanes spewing noxious fumes into the atmosphere (never mind that we all flew to Brazil to see Bono and Sting and left a big a** carbon a**print in the sky even though our attendance at the Save the Rainforest, Save the World offset the a**print.)

Hail Oxygen, giver of breath, stay pure and far from the bad people who claim to save the world but smoke cigarettes, among other grasses and leaves. Holy cow man, how will we fly to the next conference if we actually follow our own advice?

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First Glorious Mystery of Ecology - the animals are created and they are our friends and we will see them in heaven and they are our equals, no scratch that - they are superior to us.

Hail Chimpanzee! precursor to the human race, you are almost as smart as us. Blessed are you among animals because you look like us - or is it the othe way around? - and yet we will trap you and train you to amuse us - wait! - where's PETA when we need them?!

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OK, folks - we have at 12 more mysteries to unravel!

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