@Small Footprints: The balancing of knowing what is ‘right’ with financial limitations is very hard. We just have to do our best and I’m know you do that too. It does teach us to search for our priorities in life, which I guess which is a good thing as we learn more about ourselves in the process.

We, too, have used electricity to heat our home this winter … typically we just don’t heat it and, instead, bundle up. But this year’s severe weather brought the temperatures down … way down. So, we had to make a decision … do we compromise our health or do we use a little electricity. We turned on the heat. But, that doesn’t mean we turn it up high and leave it on all the time. Nope … like you, we use the bare minimum.

I think that living green means that we try to make the least possible impact on the earth. Simply by being alive means that we make an impact. It’s always a balancing act and sometimes the scales tilt in the wrong direction … but … we do the very best that we can. So … don’t feel depressed … you’re still doing an amazing job of walking gently!