by Dennis Broe-Ward

Created on: October 25, 2008

SIX BILLION HEARTS LIVE HERE

We harvest our greatest successes from the seeds we plant in fertile soil. Cool unpretentious brown soil, replete with life-giving nutrients. Giving, undemanding soil dressed in plain clothes, often wearing subdued colours - yet always ready to give unconditionally. My arrow is brown and points towards the ultimate horizon, a glorious horizon that humanity might meet one day.

Seeds grow our world predominantly green. Vibrant shades in rich variety populate the watery glades that nurture and feed our journey everglades so full of potential yet worryingly compromised by selfish hearts. My arrow is green here, driven by trust, albeit a trust compromised by how humanity might lead us in the future.

The blue planet yields to our actions, a universal brand changed by its immature inhabitants - in a fraction of time and the gods mark where blue-green-brown turns to plastic. Nevertheless, my arrow here remains blue, where the glorious horizon awaits us, and where tomorrow is blessed fruit.

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" reminds me of the colours in the rainbow "Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet" a gift to a small boy from an inspiring teacher. But older and somewhat humbler, I now see where the wonderful colours we share in life might drift towards nothing if we allow it.

Love, conversation and giving brings colour and harmony to our lives, and thus we grow. Wrecking the soil we tread is plastic, failing to tend our roots plain stupid, and winning our place in the blue yonder depends upon replacing stupid plastic with leadership.

Too many tears erode our shores already. The tide must turn towards a better place, a place where we can all feed from the same table and where humanity is proud. Six billion hearts reside here, we are not alone and too many lonely souls need.

From a story in Hot, Flat and crowded by Thomas Friedman
A busy CEO was cornered to babysit for his daughter. But he was trying to read the paper and soon became totally frustrated by his childs constant interruptions. Coming across a full page of the NASA photo of earth from space, he got a brilliant idea. He ripped the page into small pieces and told his daughter to try and put it together., and then settled in for what he expected to be a good half hour of peace and quiet. But, only a few minutes later, his young daughter appeared at his side with a big grin on her face.

You've finished already? He asked.

YEP, she replied.

So how did you do it?

Well there was a picture of a person on the other side, so when I put the person together, the earth got put together too.

PEOPLE IS LIFE.

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