It is a Wake-Up Call … to

rise, and arouse us to action.

How easy is it to reach over and

turn off the Alarm? So many would

prefer to slumber, attend to

their own well-being … not thinking,

not realizing … the Alarm

is doing precisely that. Its

Silence, though, allows individuals

to rest

under covers of

neglect, … even as the cause for Alarm is now

visible, and palpable…. It touches

us. Ever so boldly, urging our Awakening …

as if our lives depended on our

response. Visible, palpable –

grabbing us, imploring us, ever-more vehemently,

Wake Up! Fire tornadoes, atmospheric rivers – new terms to describe

new threats. Reservoirs, rivers, dangerously low. Temperatures climb, intensifying, accelerating change…. How can we hide under covers … when there is no

blanket protection from this? Cycles of extreme violence … of weather events …

of people. Floods like never before, winds damaging homes, downing power lines,

currents of water streaming down mountains to create mudslides,

devastating property, threatening lives. The air is filled with

greenhouse gasses, and other toxic chemicals. Our health is being

affected … with so many people upset, angry, and depressed, feeling anxious, helpless. The air is being polluted … by disinformation, toxic to our wellbeing …

killing lives needlessly … destroying our democracy. Wake Up!! If we don’t

wake up, nothing will happen … as the danger to our lives and livelihoods increases,

and the ever-thickening blanket … of greenhouse gasses, and noxious propaganda, trapping heat, poses a profound existential threat. Wake Up!! We need to act! We

need to come together as if our lives depended upon it; we need to work

together before the blanket becomes too heavy a lift – to recognize and preserve

the sanctity of a Great Trust … in each other, in what we are capable of achieving together … in our democracy and Constitution, and in Life, itself. We need to act to restore Nature’s balance, and with it, our ideals, and climate of wellbeing.