Lost

Little Harbour, Sunday, Sept 10, 2017, 10 A.M.

I’m in the woods that surround my property.

Lost.

But, I’m not “panicked”. The woods are not that deep.

If I walk in any one direction I’ll soon reach the brook I was headed for. Or my side yard from whence I entered the woods. And I can avoid walking in circles by keeping my eye on the sun’s position still visible through the tops of the trees.

A more accurate word to describe my emotional state? “Bemused.”

And when I do emerge from the woods the word is “surprised”. I’m surprised to find I’ve emerged in neither place I expected. Instead, I’m far down the path leading from my back yard to the sea.

How did this happen? My getting lost?

A “friend” indelicately suggests it’s “age related”. I reject this idea.

But between you and me, I immediately thought of Henry Fonda in that famous movie scene when he became terrifyingly lost in the woods.

But no. The reason I got lost, I insist, is that my woods are much denser than they use to be. The path I sought to the brook isn’t there where it was just two years ago when last I walked it. New growth is hiding it.

What caused this rapid growth? The same thing that’s causing all the devastating storms and hurricanes.

The climate change Deniers won’t accept this. They have chosen, perhaps unknowingly, to believe the energy lobbyists rather than the scientists.

Or the televangelists who will find it convenient to blame the LGBT for these “Acts of God”.

If indeed God is punishing us, wouldn't his wrath be more justified by our choice of the greatest creator of man-made chaos to be the leader of the free world?

A friend writes “ourOld wonderful world is in such chaos – can’t help but think Trumpty Dump is behind the scenes causing the heavens to explode. Ah well everything is outa control.” That's how she sees it.  And I?

If “God is Good” and indeed exists and is all powerful couldn’t he do better than this? And wouldn’t he want to?

Far more likely, IMHO is that the scientists have got it right.

And while I understand the motivation of the special interests and the politicians they own in supporting Denial, the mystery to me is that the innocent Deniers, with nothing to gain, can so easily be duped by the special interests who do.

Who should we listen to?

Mother nature!  Fighting for her survival.  And ours. Against the predations of man.

And I wonder.  If we don't.  What will She do next?