Save Mother Nature

“How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?” - Paulo Coelho

I too was an advocate of saving mother nature. Saving our planet. I too got placards made in school on the dying Earth and how we should do everything within our power to save it from destruction. And then I came across this quote and it turned my belief sytsem on its head. How presumptuous of us to think that we are greater than our home, that we have the ultimate power of creation or destruction. Nature has unleashed its silent weapon on us and we stand helpless armed to the teeth with nuclear toys. 

The video clips going viral of how animals are roaming the streets jammed with humans a fortnight ago are so ironic. Humans invaded every space they deigned fit for use and today they sit in apartments measuring a few sq ft cowering under the might of the tentacled-virus. Earth which is way beyond our comprehension took only 14 days to spring back to health and we are still trying to cope with the pandemic, still trying to find answers, healing is still a far cry.

This pandemic has also brought to the fore the sheer foolhardiness of our race. Our shenanigans, our one-upmanship, our arrogance still persists in the face of utter destruction. We still continue to deal in the old currency of deceit, greed and hegemony. 

One thing is certain the world as we know it will definitely seize to exist. A new world order will emerge. My only wish is that this new order is more humane, more egalitarian, more tolerant of differences and diversity. I hope we learn to be content in our own spaces and work for the betterment of the whole humankind. Politics of dominance and supremacy only lead to conflict. The world is one global village in times of technology so inhabitants of the whole village need to coexist and prosper. 

To fall is inevitable but to rise after a fall defines the resilience of the human spirit. I only hope that we rise towards the light!