a-jedi-in-purgatory:bone-fiends:windforge:fattynoodles:wildwesjames:Today is September 4th 2014. It
a-jedi-in-purgatory:bone-fiends:windforge:fattynoodles:wildwesjames:Today is September 4th 2014. It has now been 8 years since the death of one of my greatest heroes.Steven Robert Irwin. In that time, and unlike what my comforting mother, and friends assured me, it has not become easier. In the years since his passing I have watched as animal media feed into the hands of the uneducated, sensationalist, and often even cruel TV show hosts only content in showcasing the brutality, and deadly aspects of wildlife. I have seen no one step up to the plate, no one fill that void he left in the world. Consider this an open letter, to all those as tragically in love with the natural world as I. Get out there, be loud, show your self and your love to the world, educate, experience, and just and just freaking live. We are but one species on what may be the most biodiverse planet in the universe. So get up, and make some damn noise, lose the fear, and show them what you love. “Because people want to save, the things that they love.” We all miss you mate. 10 fucking years guys. Hit me like a ton of bricks.Oh my god it is. Shit. It’s been that long since my greatest inspiration died. I wish I could grow up to be half the person he was in terms of conservation and education.I remember that day, my mom, brother andI had just finished watching an episode of Lost, and the breaking news hit and I just fucking bawled my eyes out; my childhood hero dead and I just could not believe it, and to think that its been 10 years since then :’(This happened the day I got my letter from People to People Student Ambassadors asking me if I wanted to go to Australia.I wanted to BE the Crocodile Hunter as a kid. It hit me so hard. -- source link
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