Our daughter of the sun is approaching her final breath. This planet that blossomed for millions of years of evolution is wandering dangerously towards cataclysm. The continuous burning of fossil fuels rips holes in the ozone layer, melts away the beauty of the Arctic, and will continue to do so until life as we know it draws to a halt. This planet is desperately on life support. Our excessive compulsion to create waste and not look to change our ways will ultimately be the death of us. We share one collective sickness - our conditioned lifestyles fed by a growing consumerist nature. More and more we consume, yet less and less we reuse. Why ask what world you want to leave for your children, when there may not be a world to leave them?
We are the problem, but also the solution.
How many times have we made the same mistakes? How many times have we seen the signs, read the headlines and carried on about our day? Of course, old habits die hard.
However, without change, we will not see tomorrow. There are no second chances when it comes to this. Once we lose the battle, the war is over.
Yet, our story isn't finished. There is so much for humanity to explore. We are at the tip of the Cyber Revolution - the next generation of the human race. We have intelligence beyond our wildest imagination still to discover. We have planets and systems to explore and conquer.
As more of us scramble to find answers to the predicament we have landed ourselves in, we discover and innovate new solutions. We relearn and reinvent how lifeforms function.
Perseverance is one of our greatest qualities, and one that navigated us to where we are today.
This isn't how it ends/.
Indolence is something we all undoubtedly suffer with, at least, from time to time. I'm sure everyone can think of a point in the past day or two where they've put something off because it's difficult, tedious or a little “too much” effort. And that's okay – for the most part. The issue comes when it snowballs into a regular avoidance. Attitudes change and reasons are forgotten. Before we know it, habits like recycling, reducing waste and managing reusables are lost. Of course one person won't change the world, but one attitude shared amongst individuals will - for better or for worse. That is the choice you make and the group you support.
Alongside indolence, stubbornness often brews to create problems in the world around us. Whether this be internal dialogue or with another person, it tends to crop up when we need it the least. Ironically, it is usually the hardest attitude to change. Of course, we sometimes need stubbornness in life; however, it is paramount to understand when it is necessary and when it is not. An undeniable fact you and others know to be true requires stubbornness to impose. Adversely, it is stubbornness fed by conspiracies, fake news and post-truth stories that is the most dangerous to society.
Narrow-minded conversations allow it to feed upon doubt and divert our attention from the issue we face. Those conversations with people who refuse to believe the world is heading towards its final hours are the most important, yet the most difficult. The evidence is stark. It is nigh on impossible to doubt the earth is heading towards the end without radical change. However, stubbornness and indolence persevere.
You say, “I'm out of my head”/? ’Cause I'm so out of my depth/.