Healing the Planet

What’s this got to do with relationships? Firstly, to heal the planet, we all need to heal ourselves. Otherwise we will go on being driven by the same old motives and practising the same old strategies that got us to where we are today. First and foremost is greed, which is an offshoot of fear and insecurity. Greed is the belief there isn’t enough to go round. It’s also an attempt to substitute acquisitions, belongings, and the illusion of security, control and power they bring, for love.

There is enough love to go round, if you change your self-defeating behaviours; ie confront your fears.

So you need to start by healing your relationship with yourself. This will heal your relationships with others. And relationships are so important if we are to heal the planet because, as we let go of greed, we will need each other to cooperate and collaborate. We will need joint resources, joint ventures, partnerships, social and working groups and communities. We will need to find our common ground as human beings. This may be our only way to survive.

So it’s essential we heal ourselves and improve our relationships. It’s important that we ditch behaviour that works against us and learn how to make healthy, functional relationships. These relationships could save our lives or at least make them more manageable in a future that is currently unpredictable.