And it suddenly dawned on me – gaining a deeper understanding through a film

The night before last:
When I heard the title of the film a friend told me about, I somehow didn't want to see it. "How our food is destroying the planet" is a film that was shown on ORF two days ago at 11:05 p.m. – it will be available in the media library for another four days. 

Unusual for me—my thoughts were racing:
"Not again!"—that was my first reaction —a film about food, the impact of mass production of animals and fish on the environment, nature, our planet... surely terrible news.
Especially since I already eat almost exclusively vegetarian and vegan.
I don't want to hear, see, or read about it—I've seen and experienced enough upsetting things in recent weeks.
And that after a wonderful morning, a delicious breakfast with my daughter Sarah, a delightful walk with her and my grandson Levi in the golden afternoon sun. The wonderful photos in the gardens of Baden.
I am in such a good mood, open, cheerful—I don't want to burden myself.And then I decided to see him after all.

And it dawned on me, I saw clearly, even more so, how we humans in our world shape reality in the truest sense of the word. Yes, how I affect, how we affect.

Like our daily, simple decisions:
What do I buy to eat? What do I cook for myself, prepare for myself, for my loved ones? What do I eat, what do I consume?…
Living life on our Mother Earth influences – it allows growth and prosperity or it kills.

I could only watch it in two parts, having to pause because it moved me so much. I took a sip of water, gazed into the darkness of the night, breathed in the air after a rain shower—it smelled of freshness, of vitality, of growth, of new beginnings.

And I realized—precisely because the film doesn't act in a threatening, finger-wagging way, without a guilty conscience: Everything is always connected to everything else. I am free.

I decide—I can live and love independently of all other people—and connected to all other people, to nature, to the existence of humans, animals, plants... through my simple realization and my simple corresponding actions.

Whether politics changes or not, whether the economy changes or not, whether we wake up or not, whether we save the world or not... I can only blossom through my food, my clothing, my physical and mental exercise, my sleep, my words... through my everyday life and through connection.

I am making an impact – now.

My additional comment on the film:
In the second half of the film, I would have shown once again the immeasurable beauty of our blossoming planet Earth, once again the abundance, the colors, the shapes, the jungle, the sea, animals, plants, us humans—the harmony of existence.
That will happen when we—each and every one of us—turn toward life.

The Flight of the Starlings
Ballet in the Evening Sky
A Sunset
Golden Glow
My Heart's Amazement
The Air
Taste of Life
Blooming Green
The Silence
The Song of the Chirps
Vastness
Me
Forever
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