New Blog Title, URL, and look!
I decided that although I have been saying the phrase "Y.O.L.O" for a lot longer than all the "cool kids" who say it now, it was time to change some things around. I still believe the purpose of my blog is to prove you only live once, and why not make the best of it (and feel your best while do it!)
However, going back to my very first post, I remember making a statement regarding our (us, as humans) footprint on this plant and how it should be considered to do what you can to lighten it. That thought was the basis for the new blog title and URL. I believe being a vegetarian/vegan plays a part in my effort, and my continuing strides to lessen plastic in our household and refraining from buying chemical household products helps as well! If I can find other ways to lessen my footprint on this earth, during my time on it, I will try and attempt to follow through on them.
This is a "short and sweet" entry and would like to end it with a quote that was inside a card I was given for my birthday. Pictured on the front is a copy on an oil painting of manatees (endangered) and although the quote regarding these creatures, it spoke to me on a general, and more personal level. And by sharing it, I hope it speaks to you as well...
"I hope that our efforts at saving the docile manatee species are successful. To lose them forever because of mankind's selfishness and impatience would be a loss beyond measure. In my life, in my relationships with others, as well as with my planet, I must constantly remind myself to slow down, look and listen, live life more simply and appreciate all the blessings (even if they don't look like blessings on the outside) that have been given to me. Else I know I will find myself at the end of my life with an emptiness that is too late to fill and with a planet on which my children will never see such incredible and entertaining, albeit strange creatures as the manatee."
-From the diary of Thomas J. Edwards
