In the aftermath of fire, a small green sprout reaches for the light of the sun. A mother wolf and her cubs hesitate, just for a moment, before exiting the protective den of rock to move to a greener forest.  A gentle rain washes the ash down through the charred surface to fertilize the soil beneath.  Life is yet everywhere.

In another area of Her Being, frigid cold wanes slowly as southerly winds carry a hint of  warmth.  Fragile lichen attached to a crag of stone stir ever so faintly.  Elsewhere, torrid heat subsides as the setting sun gives way to cooling effects of moonbeams and night creatures scurry about for their sustenance.

Oh, the Earth is not out of balance.  The Earth is of God and God is not out of balance.  Society is what is out of balance.  Rainforests are devastated, but seeds are buried in the loam for future generations.  Structures are shoddily built over fault line areas and crumble in an earthquake, yet hope and lessons are given as a living child is dragged from the debris.  Barrier islands are stripped of vegetation to hold luxurious ocean front homes. Yet  the Hurricane's destruction is but a voice, "do not deface my flesh with your greed."  Wildlife is pushed into ever smaller areas of habitat, often not adequate for their survival.  What we do to these creatures that share our earthly home, we do to ourselves.  The Law of Cause and Effect will be the ultimate teacher.

The created will never alter the plan of the Creator.  They will learn as they take the 'ride' of material existence.  Yet, perhaps the 'ride' could be taken with joy, if we begin to take responsibility for the gift of our physical journey and revere the Earthly home we were given to experience it on.  The mindset of greed, power, and war is primitive.  The mindset of race, creed and nation is primitive.  The premise of "to thine own self first" is crude, and also, is the mindset that shows no regard for the Earthly House of God. These less evolved ideals have become rudimentary, defeating.

Mother Earth will respond to love as does everything else.  So sow what it is that you wish to reap.  There is a myriad of little things that all could do to facilitate the change now so that the experience of higher evolution can begin.  But, it will begin, in fact has begun, and the Earth will be Eden again with or without this generation of humankind.