I was writing my personal statement for the boards and it got me thinking about whats important to me. I love and respect the world around us, the environment that we exist in. It's sad that sometimes we humans take things for granted and more so now a days. So many people are fighting about politics, war, and religion and they don't see the biggest problem in front of them. The planet is dying and its humans fault. The world is changing and not just because of the natural passage of time, but because of the selfishness of humanity. I'm not saying that I'm not selfish. That I'm not a part of the blame. I take my responsibility in this destruction, more people need to, but until every man and woman sees what they have done, nothing will change. Everyone needs to change to preserve this planet, even me, you don't even have to do a lot. It's the little changes that count. If everyone were to recycle their bottles and cans, if they were to take shorter showers (including me), use less water, don't pollute. If every one planted a tree there would be 6 billion plus more trees in the world. But everyone wont because they don't care enough. I've noticed something in life. When it comes down to it humans just care about themselves in the now. Meaning they don't care about the future or what happens 20, 30 or even 100 years from now, because it probably won't affect them. But what about the children people say they care so much about. What future are we giving them? Think about it.