Water usage vs waste
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: open your mind to the possibilities!
Topic: stop and think
I'm not sure if it's simple stupidity or intentional ignorance that makes a lot of people in south Texas act the way they do.

I mean, we are still in terrible drought conditions, the temperature keeps rising, water supplies are dwindling, yet no one seems to want to conserve water! You would think that if there are warnings about heatstroke and tips on how to prevent it regularly on the news, they would also mention, oh gosh, maybe NOT wasting water. But no, there are no such pleas. Lawns should be watered when it is cool, like, I dunno, maybe the evening after the sun sets or early morning before the sun rises.

And here's a thought, use sprinklers that actually water the grass instead of spurting it all into the hot afternoon air! Oy, it's unbelievable to me.

But, then again, this is an area where people tend to be blind to anything but what's right in front of them. They tend to have blind faith and won't try to expand their minds beyond what they have been told by certain people. And if anyone challenges that, they become hostile.

Or, to paraphrase something Hugh Laurie (as Gregory House) said, some people prefer to live in the holes in their lives, and if you offer them a way to get out of the hole, or even to fill it, they just dig themselves deeper until they can't see anything outside of that hole they made for themselves. Climb out of your holes, people!

And look at the world around you and recognise that we all live in a global community. We are all linked to each other. We cannot afford to ignore the problems that affect us, be they the impact humans have on the environment, discrimination against any group of people based on something as trivial as religious/spiritual preference (like paganism, heathenism, or atheism), sexual identity, dietary choice (like being a vegan), speaking up for those who have no voice, or the colour of their skin.

Forget the petty differences and remember that we all live in the same world. We might have a slightly different view of the same world, but it's still the same planet, and we all need to share it.