When we are kind to the earth we are also kind to all living beings. We should not intentionally hurt another person or animal. Increasingly we are reading reports about people killing others, abuse of children, extreme cruelty to animals. These reports got me thinking about what I should do about this blog. The intention was to create awareness amongst colleagues about the need make recycling a part of their lives whether at home or at work.
Since my first posting till now, I have given enough evidence of how I have, through reflection and action, consciously practised recycling because I have thought deeply about my own values about the environment around me and my beliefs that I have to do something, no matter how small, to preserve it. At this point, I would like to turn my focus towards nature and how we can do our bit to preserve it in order to save the earth in terms of how we value and obey the laws of nature.
This new angle on 'Saving the Earth' begins with an observation I made at the Upper Peirce Reservoir one weekend. Along the road leading to the reservoir and the park, there were gigantic bill boards the size of a cinema screen with visuals telling visitors NOT to FEED the MONKEYS. 
There was even a poem on why we should not feed them at the entrance to the reservoir. Despite these, there were people who stopped their cars by the roadside to feed the families of monkeys that are by now trained to take peanuts or bananas from these ignorant adults all out to amuse their clueless offsprings.
There was even a poem on why we should not feed them at the entrance to the reservoir. Despite these, there were people who stopped their cars by the roadside to feed the families of monkeys that are by now trained to take peanuts or bananas from these ignorant adults all out to amuse their clueless offsprings. What was even worse, I saw a group of adults and kids in the area next to the toilet feeding the monkeys. I would not waste my time and blog space to feature them here except that if you look closely at the photo below, 
you will see a mother teaching her toddler how to feed a monkey that is about the same size as the little girl. As a mother, I would keep my kids away from wild animals (these monkeys are in no way tame even though they take food from your hands) for fear that they would suddenly turn vicious and attack my child. That I thought was a natural instinct of a mother but I was wrong. I look again at the photo and I think that in order for us to do something in a particular way, we must first examine our values about how we feel about what we have been asked to do. Secondly, I believe that what we value in life is there for all to see in the way we behave towards others and in the way we conduct ourselves.
you will see a mother teaching her toddler how to feed a monkey that is about the same size as the little girl. As a mother, I would keep my kids away from wild animals (these monkeys are in no way tame even though they take food from your hands) for fear that they would suddenly turn vicious and attack my child. That I thought was a natural instinct of a mother but I was wrong. I look again at the photo and I think that in order for us to do something in a particular way, we must first examine our values about how we feel about what we have been asked to do. Secondly, I believe that what we value in life is there for all to see in the way we behave towards others and in the way we conduct ourselves. This photo to me has these messages: If you value nature, you will NOT FEED THE MONKEYS, if you do not value nature, you will feed them for your own entertainment and the monkeys can perish or become a nuisance in the environment for all you care. Message #2: if you value your children, you will not endanger them by doing what the mother did in the photo, unless I am wrong because I am making an assumption that the family did not live in a circus environment where the kids grow up side by side with wild animals as playmates.
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