The Wane of the Green Wave

I've got to be honest. I was a crazy soldier when I started this blog - I thought, "This will change the world!" And you might be able to see that in my tone in my earlier posts.

But then the tide gets low. And words get weak; and intentions lose strength.

Let's ALL be honest. No matter what we are trying to save; no matter what we are trying to advocate for, there are times when we lose our gusto.

I just finished my second year of teaching - and my last year of teaching until I finish my math degree at Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!). I finished for good on Friday, and let me tell you, I had a GREAT time this weekend. We kept it relatively Green for a party weekend - we went to a wonderfully hospitable friends' house, and hung out there all weekend, with some fantastically wonderful friends. But I definitely lost my ambition to blog - I lost my ambition to keep spreading the word to whomever decides to read my entries. It was almost like I was 12 again starting yet another diary in which the first entry starts: "Dear Diary, I promise, THIS time I will keep writing to you!"

So I felt a little bad. The reason I started this blog was to keep my own hope going that we could start a Green Wave in Roanoke. And then I got caught up in my own entertainment.

While there's nothing wrong with enjoying your own life, please learn from my life lesson. Keep your fervor, or gain it - keep wanting to save things, save your local environment, save your greater environment.

Don't get me wrong: our compost pile is still off the chain, and I went by Cycle Systems to check out what they had to offer for when I drop off our (and others') recycling and we still let it mellow when it's yellow. We aren't cutting corners, by any means. But I felt like I lost my way, I felt like I wasn't preaching the most important word of all, the word to save our Earth - needless to say I still want to spread the word. And I want you to spread the word.

I guess my message today has no other value than to express that even the most adamant follower can lose her strength. But she can also regain it.

Don't lost your zeal, maintain your strength. The Earth is counting on us.