Southwestern College
They say the glaciers are melting from global warming
I say it is from neglect
We have forgotten to live
as if everything mattered
Did you remember the Greenland Icecap
in your prayers this morning?
When you trekked to the source of the Ganges
and immersed yourself in the glacial waters of Shivaling
Did your heart sing with gratitude?
When you set up your camp at the base of Mt. Blanca
did you greet the southernmost glacier in America,
barely visible above you?
Did you dream long and hard last night
of the blue-green icebergs off Antarctica?
Today, if you remember one thing, remember this:
Live as if everything mattered.
About the Moderator
Jim Nolan has been the President of Southwestern College since 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and has a private practice in Santa Fe. He went to graduate school in Irish and English literature, too, and reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos and plays guitar. Sort of. His best friend of all times, a Wire Haired Fox Terrier named Barney, recently passed into non-physical. Barney was a true guru. Jim is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called. He doesn't know anything, and he knows that. It seems to work out...
