Our Planet: Its beauty and our responsibility...

Greetings to you this Monday Morning!!
As the nation celebrated Diwali last week, all leading newspapers carried stories of the massive amount of noise and air pollution created by the fireworks during the festival time. Most of us contributed towards messing up our beautiful environment.
I recently read "Golden Rules", a book by Wayne Dosick in which Wayne has shared a very interesting story. He writes:-
Ever since the dawning of human history, human beings have been fascinated with the vastness of the skies, the twinkling of the stars and especially, the grandeur and the powerfully intense attraction of the moon. Finally in this generation, humankind's ingenuity and technological advancement made reality of what was only a whimsical dream. A man walked on the moon.
One of the few astronauts who set foot on the moon remembers what it was like to be there. He looked out at the vast and majestic bleakness, the stunning moonscape and the towering mountains. Then he looked back at earth-a huge blue ball, wrapped in wispy clouds, gently floating in the blackness of the universe. The sheer beauty of the awesome and magnificient sight overwhelmed him.
His thoughts went to a scripture he had learned as a child "How great are Your works, Oh lord. In Your wisdom, You created everything." But in an instant, his mood was shattered, for he said to himself, "Stop wasting time. You are not here to be a tourist. Do your job. Go collect rocks."
In a world that that is so largely dominated by mankind's scientific and technological achievements, where the genius of the human mind has accomplished so much, it is easy for us human beings to become arrogant and think that it is only our own capabilities that have gotten us what we have. We might look at the universe and take it for granted, but we must pause to think and appreciate that this great and glorious universe, rejoices in the miracles of the creator. We should be grateful for the beauty of our planet and understand that it our responsibility towards the future generations to pass on a clean and uncluttered world to them.
Have a great week !