Parasite

I suffer from the affliction of having too much. Poor Steve his biggest health problem is he eats too much food. Imagine I am unhealthy due to an abundance of good quality nutritious food. One of the flash points of in my marriage for arguments is the need to clean up because there is too much stuff lying around.



Now I am aware that it is not the abundance of food that is my issue but the ingestion of this food beyond what is strictly needed for me to survive. I am aware I have too much stuff because I bought it and left it lying around. I am a user of resources I am a consumer of goods and services, I am a parasite!



There is more, I understand the need for political action in our society, I understand that if we do not ask for a voice that we will not have one. I complain about the corporate takeover of our government, our culture, our very lives, but I do very little. I seek the spiritual awareness but do not actively seek this wisdom. I understand the need for action in a bruised and nearly broken world but do not take action. I am a parasite.

So what makes me a parasite:

• consumption of goods and services without thought for the quality
• consumption without thought of where it came from an who it is affecting
• consumption without thought of the need for disposal
• allowing systems and machines in my life to run less efficiently than they could
• not standing for something (putting action where our beliefs project)

So how to be less of a parasite? Well this is the question, first let me say that I am weak, very weak, I succumb to temptation very easily. Then I am also lazy and the easy way especially under stress is my MO in many situations. So how do I a lazy week pampered human change from being a parasite on this earth. I suck!

How the heck do I know, how the heck can I change when I am battling me and I have no more strength of resolve than myself. Well I have several ideas that I am going to develop as I move forward.

• small changes only (no huge goals that will overwhelm my spirit)
• quality (at all points consider the quality of the goods and services I am purchasing and there long term value)
• action (take the knowledge I have and convert it to actions not words)
• go outside (simply go outside as much as possible and enjoy or fine earth)
• in the three Rs of environmental protection employ reduce as much as is possible and use reuse and recycle as last ditch efforts

So what first, what will I do? What small changes can I set up and then accomplish? Well I am going to set 4 right now:

• litter-less lunch (buy some containers and user them daily)
• never turn on the TV (not sure how this will go but it is a simple restriction that does not require a schedule and may reduce my overall time watching)
• grazing (one sit down meal a day and the rest of the time small bits one hour or more apart)

OK there is no rocket science and more to come I hope.