Hear Our Song
We all live in an
astounding moment in time.
Never before in the
history of our species
have so many people
been so connected to each other.
Never before have we
all been as able
to tell one another
about our lives, our hopes,
aspirations, worries,
and our dreams for humanity.
Never before have we
all been so able
to pass on knowledge
and wisdom among ourselves.
Never before in the
history of our species
have the governments
and companies
we've created been
handed such a powerful means
of surveillance and
monitoring of all aspects of our lives.
Never before in the
history of our species
has our technological
prowess
been expanding at such
a astounding rate.
Never before has our
species had such a profound
impact upon the entire
biosphere of Mother Earth.
Never before in the
history of our species
has the question of our
continued existence
been so unsettled by
the consequences
of our own behavior.
Never before has as the
potential for finding solutions
to the problems facing
humanity been given so completely
into the hands of each
and everyone of us.
Sometime in the next
one-hundred and fifty years
we will have passed a
crucial crossroads in human evolution.
Depending upon which
path we have chosen,
our civilization will
either utterly fail
and we will have to
start over from scratch,
or we will have learned
to peacefully co-exist
here on Mother Earth
with all our brother and sister lifeforms;
We will have learned to
use our existence
as benefactors and
custodians of our grand biosphere.
Everyone alive today
is living at an
absolutely crucial time for our species.
It is upon us and the
next few generations
to determine the
question of whether our civilization
will continue on or
perish in the sands of time.
In order to give the
best chances to the hard work
the next few
generations will face,
it is essential that
the generation living right now
give the very best
advice,
knowledge and wisdom
that we can
to those who come after
us.
The say, my friends,
that desperate times
require furious
dancing---
Anyone and everyone who
is creative
in any fashion
whatsoever
must let the songs of
their creativity now be heard.
Now is the time to
bring our voices together.
Now is the time to
reach far into the diversity of our cultures
and far into the wisdom
of our heritage.
Now is the time for the
grand sum of human ingenuity,
technological genius,
and artistic creativity
to sing so strongly
that the most distant stars
deep, deep in the
silver dusted night sky
hear our luminous song.
Dewey Dirks
