[She-Ra]

Ojibway, there are those who choose to act upon their respect as well. There is such a thing as minimising and always trying to reduce the ways in which we have an unethical impact on that which is around us. Just because something will always have died to aid our living doesn't make it ok to just say thank you, no matter how sincere; there are those who actively try to be better in every way where the road to self improvement doesn't stop at accepting, they see it as not good enough and that is admirable - they want to be the best they can, which is a bar much higher than many bother about but could do or try to and want to.

Of course there is a level of understanding about living in our environments though because of course unless you wear little or nothing and lightly brush the ground before you walk and even then of course you'll be killing something even on a micro level, but obviously it's easier to strive for that if you live in a cleaner, less populated area but you can still aim to get close to that. So yes technically we will always be causing damage just by existing but we should try to be as respectful to our neigbours i.e. other life on earth and earth itself and indeed the universe as we can and that is more than just being grateful that something/one died for us. We may be individuals but we are part of a bigger society/planetary system etc and to many, part of each other as creation in general so we have a duty/obligation to be the best we can and constantly strive to be better and find/remember better ways of living.