just got back from the appalachian mountains today, and i feel so refreshed.  the pristine beauty of nature always breathes life back in to me.  these mountains are where i retreated in one of my phases of self-destruction, severe depression, and confusion.  alone on a mountaintop there i found the will to live again, and regained my voice to tell the story of my journey in this life.  so much of what you who will read this are coming to understand about me is directly a result of those desperate moments alone in the wilderness.  i say thank you to those mountains for hearing my pleas for healing, accepting the offering of my tears, and sharing their energy with me.  the destruction of our natural world is one of the greatest crimes humans have ever committed, and a blight on the history of our species.  until we stop deluding ourselves and realize we too are animals dependent upon the earth for our survival, we will never achieve our evolutionary potential.  basing our worth on monetary gain at the expense of the earth is whoring our mother.  we owe our life to her, and i believe we should start to show some goddamn gratitude, unless we would like to cease to be.