Two
very special things are happening next Friday – Valentine’s Day and Arbor Day
in Mississippi. Both are important
days. One keeps the significant other
feeling loved while the other makes Mother Nature happy. So where is your
emphasis going to be?
It
is nice to have someone to keep you warm on these cold winter nights, but
planting trees slows global warming. The
choice is which to celebrate.
Are
you going to buy some roses that have been flown in from South America? This contributes to both a warm body next to
you and to global warming. But stop and
think about it for a few moments. You
will pay an excessive amount of money for flowers that will be thrown out in a
week and degrade the environment to get them here. Or you can plant a tree that will last for
decades and will clean the environment.
I
suggest you start a new trend. Plant a
tree dedicated to that special person on this Valentine/Arbor Day (and all
future Arbor Days)! Yes, you might have
to sleep on the couch a few nights while trying to get her to understand this
great thing you have done. But some day
when your children or grandchildren are swinging from this tree and the two of
you are watching them in its cool shade, you will be seen as a true romantic
and a hero saving the planet Earth.
Some
of you might be wondering what choice I am going to make. You will have to check back in the future to
find out!
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