This beautiful earth.

Look around you. Everything changes.

Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving. 

refining, improving, adapting, enhancing... changing

You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant

-Dr. Steve Maraboli-

Everything changes, whether you like it or not. People change, the nature changes, the world changes. We know that we cannot take anything for granted. Or at least most of us understand or are aware of that concept. Yet, there are still many things that we do take for granted. 

My father studied nature and agriculture back in college. And my late grandfather always went hiking. We used to drive up to the mountains, rivers or parks and spend time together. Now that I look back, my love for nature comes from this for sure. Anyhow... as usual, we drove up to the mountain this morning. It was the end of fall and snow was starting to come down. The color of the trees are indescribable. The yellow, the orange the brown, the red... they are all so beautiful and those simply categories cannot explain the each specific colors. Even till this day, about 70% of this country is covered by trees and natures. How amazing is that. My father explained to me how those specific trees take part in this mountain. Just because there are many trees, it doesn't mean it's good. To circulate enough sunlight, nutrients and oxygen, and to build rich forests some trees and plants need to be cut down and maintained. People from back in the days knew what they were doing and how the nature operates. Now there are people who oppose for using/making "wooden chopsticks" but the root of it was different. Those wooden chopsticks were made from those trees which need to be cut down to maintain the forest. Instead of just throwing it away, they found the way to maximize the trees, by making wooden chopsticks or matchsticks, toothpicks. So they were saving trees and forest in that sense. 

The circle of life is not only about the humans and animals. It's also about the plants and everything else on this earth. Have you seen the video of how wolves change the natural habitat?

How incredible is this?! I'm not saying we should go back to the way it was and live like the old days. But I do think that people knew the nature way more than we know now. We might know the facts and technological aspects of it. but they knew how to co-exist with nature. There are so much each individual can do, but if we do something together, that might be able to help the earth revive a little bit more. We are all a part of this Universe and this earth. Don't take that for granted. 

Love, Hope, Faith