Human Achievement Hour!

It's been a while since I've written a new blog.  Work has been busy. Home life has been busy.  I rarely just get to sit at the computer anymore.  And that's not all bad.  If there is a downside to the Information Superhighway, it's that it makes getting outside and enjoying nature a bit more removed from our day-to-day lives.

So, tonight is Earth Hour.  Since my family believes that the earth is precious, and that humans are created by God, as was the earth, we celebrate Human Achievement Hour (which happens to coincide with Earth Hour).  How do we celebrate this happy occasion?  We turn on every light and electrical appliance in our house for that hour.  For one hour a year, we run our heater the entire time.  And our kids absolutely love it and enjoy being the ones to creatively plan for this event and help us execute it. This year, we have a generator, so may also run it, just for that little extra edge to our celebration.  It's times like this that I wish I could, just for an hour, replace all of our CFL's with incandescent bulbs.  I get goosebumps, just thinking about it.

We encourage all those who love this earth and all of God's creations to celebrate Human Achievement Hour, too, in whatever fashion your family feels is fitting.

I thank God for the free will he bestowed upon us, and the perfect design of giving us the ability to learn and grow from our mistakes and successes.  I am grateful to all of our forefathers who, through trial and error, have helped to forge a world in which people are free to rise to the level of their competence and achievements or not.

So, if you are sitting alone in the dark, maybe with an organic, gluten-free, vegan candle, feeling good about yourself, you can feel just a little better knowing that my blender is running full-speed, and when my margarita is done, I'll raise a glass to you and yours.  Here's to mankind and all of our achievements.