Another Perspective on the Second Time Around

My partner, Jimmy, and I just watched Avatar on DVD for the first time since seeing it on the big screen. I think the first time was simply visually overwhelming-- clearly an amazing story, but so overwhelming from a sensory perspective it was difficult to "feel" what was happening. Tonight-- nothing but stunned.

In essence, it was both the story of what we have done and continue to do to the planet and the people who live here, but also a snapshot of what can happen when we collectively say, "No, no more." We must all adopt a spirit of contrition for what we have done to indigenous people, what we have done in the name of progress, what we have done to the planet. And, we must learn, and grow, and change, and become a people who collectively and globally become unified and purposeful in recreating what the Master began in the Garden. That's what I think...