{"id":360,"date":"2020-11-03T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2021-02-14T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:21:16","slug":"een-hug-aan-gaia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/een-hug-aan-gaia\/","title":{"rendered":"A hug to Gaia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\ud83d\udc9a Love for Gaia \ud83d\udc9a<\/h2>\n<p>How incredibly beautiful our mother Gaia is! And how alive she is. Her mountains, her rivers, her forests, her deserts, her beaches. Full of life. Birds, lions, dogs, cats, dolphins, elephants, monkeys, fish, ants, animals of all shapes and sizes. I enjoy everything she gives me every day. The earth under my feet, the wind in my hair, the fire in the fireplace, the water from the lake. How alive she is. The connection. The feeling. The warmth. The love. She has it all. She gives it all to us.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-361 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia.jpg\" alt=\"liefde voor gaia\" width=\"428\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia-110x146.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia-38x50.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia-56x75.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/liefde-voor-gaia-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 428px, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\uddd0 And what do we do? \ud83e\uddd0<\/h3>\n<p>Our mother earth has and gives it all to us. And what do we do as humanity? We pollute her, we abuse her, we misuse her, we kill her animals, her trees, her nature. We torture her. It hurts me and makes me sad. We kill her bit by bit until there is no life possible anymore. And yet she continues to grant us all her life. Does she have a bigger plan? Will Gaia believe that we can change?<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udf26 Change is coming \ud83c\udf26<\/h3>\n<p>Fortunately, there is also good news. More and more people are becoming more aware, more and more people are awakening. More and more people are realizing that we treat our earth like garbage. More and more people are standing up for a greener and healthier earth. An earth in which we live together with nature, where we treat her with respect, where we live according to her laws. More and more people are realizing that we are destroying things with our production and consumerism. More and more people are realizing that everything we need is inside ourselves. Change is coming, but we as human beings must take those first steps. Create awareness and treat Gaia with all her life with respect and love! \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aho and a loving hug to Gaia \ud83c\udf0d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/blog\/\"><strong><em>Go back to all blogs here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udc9a Love for Gaia \ud83d\udc9a How incredibly beautiful our mother Gaia is! And how alive she is. 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