They say the glaciers are melting from global warming
I say it is from neglect
We have forgotten to live
as if everything mattered
Did you remember the Greenland Icecap
in your prayers this morning?
When you trekked to the source of the Ganges
and immersed yourself in the glacial waters of Shivaling
Did your heart sing with gratitude?
When you set up your camp at the base of Mt. Blanca
did you greet the southernmost glacier in America,
barely visible above you?
Did you dream long and hard last night
of the blue-green icebergs off Antarctica?
Today, if you remember one thing, remember this:
Live as if everything mattered.
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Jim Nolan is in his 6th year as president of Southwestern College. He has worked for a dozen universities or colleges, both online and on the ground. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and attended graduate school in English/Irish Literature. He reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos, plays guitar, got married in India in 2010, and has a wire haired fox terrier named Barney. He is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called.
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