This was beautiful. I loved: "I feel like there's a paradigm shift we all need to make, which is aligning ourselves with what's best in human nature, but also what we treasure in the world around us that’s interpenetrating with us. This sense that we're different from nature is something we can get rid of today." It's also so easy to cast off humans as terrible! We do such terrible things, but remembering we are part of nature and have agency is such an antidote. Thank you!!
As someone who has been thinking about whether to have a child or not for the past few years, I loved this newsletter and the discussion you had with Josephine and Meghan. They also brought up really really good points that I know I've been trying to embody the past year - doing things together, not doing EVERYTHING, and taking action to show people they can join in and/or they're not alone
My cousin and two of my aunts recently had children, and I feel helpless sometimes in how I can be present in their children's lives-- especially in terms of climate, and helping to educate-- when I am not even that close with the adults. This was a very emotional newsletter, but is definitely helpful for anyone who reads. My favorite excerpt: "And most of all, what do you love? Like, what gives you pleasure and what connects you to what's great about being alive? That's the part that gets collapsed faster than anything. It's the part that we so easily give up, but I think it's absolutely the lifeline."
This was beautiful. I loved: "I feel like there's a paradigm shift we all need to make, which is aligning ourselves with what's best in human nature, but also what we treasure in the world around us that’s interpenetrating with us. This sense that we're different from nature is something we can get rid of today." It's also so easy to cast off humans as terrible! We do such terrible things, but remembering we are part of nature and have agency is such an antidote. Thank you!!
As someone who has been thinking about whether to have a child or not for the past few years, I loved this newsletter and the discussion you had with Josephine and Meghan. They also brought up really really good points that I know I've been trying to embody the past year - doing things together, not doing EVERYTHING, and taking action to show people they can join in and/or they're not alone
Love that this resonated for you while you're on this part of your journey with this topic. Thanks for being here.
My cousin and two of my aunts recently had children, and I feel helpless sometimes in how I can be present in their children's lives-- especially in terms of climate, and helping to educate-- when I am not even that close with the adults. This was a very emotional newsletter, but is definitely helpful for anyone who reads. My favorite excerpt: "And most of all, what do you love? Like, what gives you pleasure and what connects you to what's great about being alive? That's the part that gets collapsed faster than anything. It's the part that we so easily give up, but I think it's absolutely the lifeline."