PBS radio was reporting on climate change this morning. They made the point in their story that England was very warm at one time, and slowly got very cold, and now they believe England is in for a long slow warm up and England will continue to get warmer and warmer.
They are digging very deep and looking a long way back in time. As they dig, they apparently discover changes that occurred in mother earth in terms of thousands, and millions of years. The word that they kept using over and over was the word change. We living things, plants, animals, bugs, sea things, humans, live on this earth, or have chosen to live in certain areas on this earth because of climate. They discovered, we live and then we change our location as the climate changes. The conclusion is we adapt, move or die.
So… let’s say you live in a warm climate for years and years and it gets very cold. You have three choices, adapt to your changing climate, move to a friendlier climate, or die. One of the points the PBS radio story was trying to make was plants and other growing things didn’t make it when the climate changed to cold. Some animals did not make the transition to cold either. And man, sometimes made the transition and sometimes didn’t. But what struck me was the tag line on the PBS story, adapt, move, or die.
I know of folk who have lost jobs, relationships, and health and continue to fight trying to keep things the way they were. I know of church congregations that fight chance. It seems we all put our energy into fighting change and not embracing change. But change is unenviable.
I turn my thought to my Dad who is currently in a nursing home. Yes, Dad has been very sick. He has been forced out of his warm comfortable home and placed into a cold and sterile environment. He’s had surgery and is feeling physically and emotionally punk. He’s been lying in a bed for 79 days. Dad hates “change.” And Dad continues to fight “change.” If Dad is not willing to ADAPT to change, and he won’t get out of bed and MOVE, there is but one path left open to him.
