I Just Can’t Let It Go

I was tagged by my friend Morgan from A Process Of A Miracle to do a 3 things I can’t let go of meme. She was tagged by Channel of Healing.

When I first read this tag I wondered about the interpretation of the phrase I just can’t let it go. Is it interpreted as… I have this big bag of money and I just can’t let it go… or… It’s been on my mind forever, I just can’t let it go? Maybe I’ll write the first two one way and the third the other. Then again maybe I’ll just sit here and confuse the hell out of myself and forget what I was doing to begin with and just ramble for a while. (–INSERT– 1 cup of coffee–)

Getting on with it… here are two of the three things I just can’t let go of.
–Freedom… I like the feel of the wind.
–Independence… this is something that I can’t and don’t want to ever let go of. I hate to think that I would ever need to depend on someone else for my welfare. If that ever happens then everything that makes me who I am will already be gone from here.

With freedom comes independence. I’m sure somebody said that at some point in time under slightly different circumstances.

Anyway the last one interpreted differently than the first two.

I just can’t let go of Mountaintop Removal… I’m sorry, you asked for it. I usually bite my tongue and keep my mouth shut on this topic because bringing it up always breeds controversy. And when you get right down to it my one voice here on Bolt Mountain will make no difference. But really this process is so senseless. I don’t argue the fact that coal is a valuable resource. I know it is. I don’t argue the fact that a person has to make a living. Believe me… I know they do. I argue the fact that the new and improved process of mining coal has some serious flaws especially in the reclamation process. I argue the moral values of the coal company. West Virginia is already a ghost town from previous coal giants coming and going. What’s going to make this time different? They are here to get the coal… sooner than you think it’s going to be you, me and one working streetlight. Coal is not a renewable resource. Once it’s gone, it’s all gone. What will West Virginia have to show for it when it is all gone? Ten years of economic growth, twenty? Doesn’t hardly seem worth it to me. Because when it is all said and done when the coal is gone all that will remain are the mountains… or will they? See… I just can’t let it go.

I was supposed to pass this tag along but since I’ve been away so much I feel somewhat disconnected from the community. So I’m going to tuck this one under my arm and head back to work. I’ve got to be in Ashland, Kentucky at 8 in the morning and Cumberland, Maryland 7am Tuesday. Going to do some work for the railroad. Supposedly just a three or four day start up but that is always subject to change.

One last thing before I go… My friend Morgan has done more to increase my technorati and popularity rating than I ever could have by myself with tag’s, meme’s, awards and things. I don’t always get to acknowledge her kindness. For that, sometimes I feel bad… this is to kind of make up for that. Morgan, I notice and I sincerely appreciate all that you do. Thanks

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