GO GREEN

Earth Day, April 22nd is a worldwide event held to demonstrate support for the environment’s protection. People all over the world celebrate and honor this day, by sharing innovating ways to save the earth. Ideas of recycling, replenishing or ways to conserve energy are shared. Techniques, methods and various approaches are expressed to save the environment. An environment is a condition that surrounds someone or something. Or, it can be conditions or influences that affect growth, health or progress of someone or something.

Conditions are ways of living or existing. Influences are powers to change or affect.  Are you learning new methods or approaches to protect your environment? Have you celebrated the concept of Earth Day in your life?

• What conditions are surrounding you that you need to protect?
• What influences are affecting your growth, health or progress?

Are you around?

• Negative people only seeing the wrong in everything?
• Unmotivated or compliant people who have no goals?
• People with an old mentality, acting older than their age?
• Angry people?

The company you keep will affect you positively or negatively. You may not realize it, but you will eventually become like them.

 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20 (KJV)

Ask yourself: are you always stimulating the people around you, but they don’t stimulate you? If the people you hang out with is exactly like you, where are you getting your stimulation?

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels. Proverbs 1:5 (KJV)

I am not telling you to befriend all your companions. Or, to stop communicating with family members. I am telling you to broaden your horizons and go beyond your boundaries. Meet new people, acquaint yourself with people who may bring positive flavor in your life and not the same dull seasonings.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matthew 5:13 (KJV)

What influences are affecting your growth, health or progress?

• No end job
• Not getting a college degree or completing school
• An area or location you have outgrown
• Overweight

All of the above are difficult tasks—alone. But, with God, they can be performed.

… With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26 (KJV)

If you don’t know where to begin, how to execute new things or to neglect old ways, if you are ready to change, ask God for help.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)

Don’t wait for one specific day to acknowledge your conditions and influences. Start today and work every day to support and protect yourself and your environment. Go Green in your life.