FOR THE GLORY OF THE CLIMB

Every detail of Sir Winston Churchill’s life story pulsates with such greatness that identifying his dominant legacy seems nearly impossible. But despite being a war hero, a great historian, an accomplished painter and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom…twice…it was his words, ink to paper, that earned him the Nobel Prize in literature AND my humble vote for his writing as his most dominant legacy.

Churchill wrote, “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”

It is through these words that I draw great strength about the journey we have ahead of us.  The Green Revolution, even while basking in its abundance of glory days, has not nearly reached graduation. Certainly, there are many tier one eco people out there who have pioneered the Revolution by installing solar panels, planting rooftop organic gardens and introducing their garages to a shiny new Prius.  Then, of course, there’s the second, more colonized tier of eco progressive citizens who have firmly committed themselves to their favorite magazine’s “Top Ten Ways to Go Green.”  Still, the majority…the majority…of the world’s six and a half billion inhabitants have not nearly earned themselves the green stamp of approval.

Certain members of my family (unnamed for their protection) still do not recycle. They continue to use plastic bags when they shop for groceries.  And they think organic is just a fancy word placed before the name of a vegetable to justify charging more for it.  It’s a horrendous reality for me, but truth nevertheless.  Although I live my life somewhere between tier one and tier two, I have never preached to said family members.  Instead, I offer information and hope that their choices one day mirror my own.

Feed Your Eco is a blog that honors every eco effort in celebration of change no matter how slight. No preaching.  No guilt trips. No soapbox.  The glory of this journey is in experiencing the reward of progress, and knowing there is no end to the greatness in store for our beautiful planet.

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
- Confucius