Don't wast your precious time asking: "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is: "How can I make it better?". To that there is an answer. Said Leo Buscaglia an american Author and professor and he is also and known as " Dr. Love".
Once I was in Peru and also visited the most famous place the Machu Picchu and was in the rain forest at the Amazon River near Iquitos and other places.
In Iquitos they have already understood the letters you have read in the beginning. They try to protect the Amazon River and the rain forest and also the indians. They work with organization who let tourist come inside but never let them walk away from the path they have made for them. Making this world place a better place and help them to achieve a better future. They still remember the past and how bad it came to pass them.
When I was in the rain forest I felt much alive and my eyes and ears became kind of bigger, more sensitive to what is around. I also met wonderful people who I sadly did not meet again, but that is the way it is often, when you travel around the world. Sometimes you stay in contact sometimes not, even when you want it. Anyway.
When I arrived at Machu Picchu I had hoped for an adventure of discovering and feeling, but it was not an adventure, thought I discovered a place I liked and have a lot respect for and what I know from the history, I have much respect to give to those who lived once on that place but now it is a place with too much tourist, even thought each has the right and should get a chance to see such a splendid area, but then those high amount of people makes it hard to feel anything from the past. The flow which must have been able to feel once, when they discovered this place again is put under the energy and stories and food steps of a hundred, of thousand of people.
There was only one tiny house which made me stop and feel something which could be old. So this was one thing which made me start thinking how to make it a better experience after all. The second was the history. How our people came and destroyed all just in the name of a god which they never followed or the rules they said this god made. They made the world a place not worth living and took so much away that it is a wonder, that this country did survive. Now Peru is getting back e.g. the woods we took away and they needed a long time to understand that too, because with all the hate such human brings, the knowledge is disappearing and all has to conquer again. I am very glad the rain forest is coming back and therefore does it scare me when Brazil is giving out the right to cut down 80% of their own rain forest. So what do we do?
Gladly some people got together to fight, but will this be enough? How can we in Europe be so calm and not making our politician tell them that it is wrong. The results, the consequences of cutting down such an area is also to feel at our place.
Can we forgive the past? We have to, to go and come forward. Can we forgive what is happening now? We must find a way and open our heart for that. But also we must start doing finally the right thing and stop just waiting for something to happen and stop just talking and forgetting acting because we are to afraid.
Just look around there is a way. There is always a way, and yes sometimes it is a hard way out.
Starting with spending the money for things made in your area and avoid things with to high prices for the nature and humans who live and produce in the way they made it. Look closer to what you buy and even think twice when you travel how to treat a place. And at least stand up and not only inform yourself, even shout as loud you can to the industry and politic to change the way they act. This last thing will be sure the hardest thing to do. Otherwise we would already stand on better grounds.
So walking around in Peru made me wonder and realize that the world is a wonderful place, even thought there is a lot to do to make it much better and that it is really time to start finding what we're gonna do.
Now enjoy some pics from Machu Picchu, the mamut trees and some other places and around...:-)
LOVE & LIGHT
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