Be Part of the Solution, Not the
Problem
This goes further than just being good, being for glory not
degradation. This is about positive, affirmative action. Look, if
we don’t take some action then this world, this fabulous planet
of ours, is going to hell in a handbasket. I was reading an arti-
cle the other day about the Easter Islands and how they could
stand as a perfect metaphor for our own sad predicament.
The Easter Islands were settled by a Polynesian race around
500 years ago.* They found an island heavy with wildlife and
heavily wooded with trees. Within a few short years, they had
eaten the way through the wildlife and chopped down all the
trees. They also polluted the rivers and were on the verge of
extinction. The only thing that has rescued them is tourism.
Planet Earth has no tourists. No one is going to rescue us so
they can take our photo. We all have to start being a part of
the solution now and stop adding to the mayhem, the destruc-
tion, the problem. And we start to be part of the solution
when we stand up and get counted. We stop the problem
when we stop saying, “I was just doing my duty,” or “It was
part of my job.” Come on, we have to stop the nonsense now,
or we’re going to be relegated to being some vast amusement
park for aliens—who aren’t coming.
*Don’t write in if I got the facts vaguely wrong—it’s a metaphor.