The rainforest of Borneo is quickly diminishing. For some time now I have accepted this as one of those unfortunate facts of life. But once you've held a baby orangutan, you're no longer quite the same. The cutting back of the trees becomes more immediate, more personal. An inner feeling sparks to life, the wish to protect and to help wherever you can. Your friend is losing his home. You can't just let that happen, right?
While the wish to save the world is commonly brushed off as naive, what you can do is be grateful for the simple things in life - the plants in the backyard, the light trickling through the trees, the birds, the people, ...