NOT UNLIMITED

Sigh. Don’t we ever wish for some things to last forever? For great parties to keep rolling, great concerts to keep rocking, romantic walks to go on and on, or the “Never-ending Story” to, well, never end? Or to never run out of things we fancy and need, like load for your cellular phone, cash, glass after glass after glass of wine, food…and the list could go on as we want it to.

I believe we all have.

Now, here’s a serious thought (and I wouldn’t blame you if you worry about this): What happens when our planet’s resources run out? Will the earth finally say, “I’ve had enough” with the junk and contamination we caused, and finally break down?

Primary reason for conservation tips we’re told of is because resources are limited, probably depleting.

Yes. Clean water, clean air, food, wood—name it, it’s limited. What exactly is limited? It’s something that doesn’t last forever, something you can’t use all the time without worrying about its depletion; it’s having boundaries.

Not all people again have realized that. Those who did have found that these limited resources of the planet can be conserved—that their limitations can be lengthened. In a global scope, these resources still seem abundant, but we wouldn’t know for how long it’s going to stay that way. So, while these are still in abundance, we might as well use them in only necessary amounts. There’s no sense wasting these resources—as simple as not turning off the TV when nobody’s watching, or leaving the faucet on when unneeded water is running. Save it for more urgent conditions.

Now, what about those who did not realize these depleting resources? They resorted to hoarding—remember the rice scam?—too much logging that caused soil erosion and landslides. People should not be overtaken by greed with oil, minerals, water, electricity, rice—so that while these products reproduce or increase through time, we can still have enough supply to last us. Besides, why are people so greedy of these? If they take too much for their selfish selves, what is left of the others now? Nobody owns any of these resources! It’s like the earth is that certain venue for just asking what and how much do we need and we can get it. But it’s not exactly for free, though. We use it; we become responsible for it—not the planet. Somehow, we freely use this but for a cost. It does seem ironic. Probably it’s to teach the human race not to waste whatever we have now. Problem is, we let the planet and other people pay for what that greedy one did, for what he wasted. Sure, our resources may seem enough to supply us for some decades, but we can’t just rely on that alone for centuries. We need to continually conserve, and thanks to the science dudes who’ve discovered ways of energy conversion and resources conservation.

We’ll never know until when our grains will be there, trees will be growing, or when clean water will still be gushing out. Everything on earth, the only living planet, is limited—finite. Even your “unlimited texting” is still limited for some time. ;)