It's Earth Day!

I imagine everyone has a lot on their minds given our current world situation. An uncertain future makes even the most secure individual uneasy, and no one can predict what the world will look like once this pandemic is over. But we can be hopeful.

An unexpected result that I’ve observed is conservation. People around our lake are being more careful with their water because it has to be hauled in, creating possible risk. People are being smarter with their food, wasting less and cooking more. People are turning to baking, creating, reusing and refurbishing. We’re making smarter financial decisions, being less frivolous with our money. 

I can hope that some of these habits will remain in place after the crisis is over. I think if we reflected enough, we’d see some valuable lessons; even in peaceful and secure times the future is uncertain. However we can stack the odds with a little foresight; understand, acknowledge and accept the fact that our world is directly impacted by our decisions and then base our decisions not on what we want today, but what we want for a future. 

Happy 50th Earth Day everyone. Let’s show our home a little extra love today.

Khona Rybak