It's almost like you cannot hide from it. "The world is going to end! We need to save the oceans! We need to stop climate change!"
Hysteria at its best.
I choose to not engage in the fear-mongering headlines and I observe with emotional distance. And I wonder: What's all the fuzz really about?
I get that in some areas of the world a change in environment is clearly visible. There's more plastic in the oceans. There are less trees in the amazonian rain forest. Well, I didn't count...
What I have to deal with day in and day out as a coach is the lack of tangibility. So you want to change the world. What is it exactly that you try to change? Aren't you per definition anti-change since you want to stop climate change? What the f*** does that even mean? How can you stop change? The last time I checked change was the only consistent thing in life. So if you get all upset about change you can get upset about life itself. And it will never stop.
People mean well. We all want to contribute to a better world. But unless you have a clear and tangible goal in mind, you will only get frustrated or even depressed. I know countless people who try desperately to change the world for the better and they're burnt out. They feel like they have to save everyone and everything. But, really, who needs saving? The oceans aren't going anywhere.
What people often see is this: human beings are evil because with all of the garbage and the many purely profit-based industry they destroy nature. But aren't human beings also part of nature? You see, this is what I find saddening. Most of the people don't consider themselves part of nature. They consider themselves this destructive force that fucks shit up. And most of them did never ever ever ever choose to participate in the many industries that pollute the oceans, destroy the rain forest or crack the earth open to drill for more oil. And still they consider themselves part of this evil and destructive force that destroys beautiful, harmonic and peaceful nature.
THIS IS THE CONTEMPORARY BRAINWASH EQUIVALENT OF THE CHURCH'S ORIGINAL SIN!
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE, REALIZE THAT YOU'RE PART OF NATURE AND CHOOSE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH YOURSELF FIRST!
I'm usually not a big fan of capital letter sentences, but here it felt right. If you only read the capital letter phrases then at least you got the quint essence of this article.
Take a deep breath in! You just realized that the air you are breathing is nature itself which makes you part of nature. Ain't that nice :)