Living with Lockdown - 22

While lockdown continues across the globe, with varying measures of success, and here at home we are all beginning to wonder about the heavy-handed manner of dealing with those who transgress the 'rules' in the most innocent of ways, and economic doom and gloom hangs heavy over heads, the only solution (for me, anyway) for a little peace of mind continues to be our natural world. Humans have indeed proven to be a curse on this planet, with technology forced upon us without care for its effect on the very beings that make life possible - bees, birds and other animals that ensure pollination of the plants that form the basis of our foodstuffs. Without them, humans will be spending most of their time with little brushes in hand, pollinating every plant on the planet. In no time there will be another mass extinction.
The spate of satellites being launched to enable 5G technology to connect the world is causing trouble in the astronomical sector and already a plan is being made to reduce their 'shine' and those of us who witnessed low orbit passes may be the last to have experienced their surreal path across the sky.  But still nobody can confirm the effects on bees, birds and small animals. This is what the fuss is about - not whether it will affect human health. Humans have no respect for their health anyway. One only has to look at the supermarket shelves to see that many aisles are filled with goods bearing no nutritional value whatsoever, and in fact are a direct cause of ill health. The soft drinks section is what I call 'poison alley'.
There are petitions to ask the government to ban the roll-out of 5G (it has been made available in 3 South African cities specially for lockdown) and it is unlikely that these will be effective, although every effort should be made to retain some kind of voice, albeit a squeak.
As I stand under the stars on my newly painted deck, just before dawn on another quietly magnificent autumn day, it is easy to discard the cares of the world. If only world 'leaders' and captains of industry spent more time looking up and recognising their true insignificance in the bigger picture, maybe we would see a shift in attitude towards our real reason for being here. We live in hope.