Vancouver Island Viewpoint

We have arrived at this extraordinary human evolutionary point in time by doing what we've done. We cannot continue doing what we have done before because it will bring our very existence to an end. It is a human dilemma.

What we will do based on history and experience will be our undoing. An active transformational engagement of change is all that might save us.

Defining terms:

I live in paradise and am witnessing the beginning of the end of human existence, at least as we've known it. My happiness relies on humour. If life is a stage, I live in the theatre of the absurd.

hu·man (hymn)

n.

1. A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens.

2. A person: the extraordinary humans who explored Antarctica.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of humans: the course of human events; the human race.

2. Having or showing those positive aspects of nature and character regarded as distinguishing humans from other animals: an act of human kindness.

3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans: a mistake that shows he's only human; human frailty.

4. Having the form of a human.

5. Made up of humans: formed a human bridge across the ice.

di·lem·ma (d-lm)

n.

1. A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavourable or mutually exclusive.

2. Usage Problem A problem that seems to defy a satisfactory solution.

3. Logic An argument that presents two alternatives, each of which has the same consequence.