Climate change feels overwhelming. From the sea literally on fire to devastating floods on land. It's breathtaking, and heartbreaking and can be hard to go on.
Stop. Take a breath.
And remember...
Stop. Take a breath.
And remember...
Most of the suffragettes never got to vote.
Most early LGBT+ activists never got to marry
Most civil rights activists never saw the first black President.
Inventors of electricity died by candlelight.
These people dedicated their lives for a better future they never lived in...
Most early LGBT+ activists never got to marry
Most civil rights activists never saw the first black President.
Inventors of electricity died by candlelight.
These people dedicated their lives for a better future they never lived in...
If you're fighting, working, sweating and trying to solve our climate crisis, you may never see the better world you're trying to build.
That's not how change happens.
It happens because people decide to fight for better KNOWING they may never see it....
That's not how change happens.
It happens because people decide to fight for better KNOWING they may never see it....
Because they want a life well lived.
A life in hope that better if possible, worth fighting for, worth working for.
That the reward for action is in the moment of action, not in the world validating that it was worth it.
I'm 47. By the time I'm 74 we'll likely be in the worst...
A life in hope that better if possible, worth fighting for, worth working for.
That the reward for action is in the moment of action, not in the world validating that it was worth it.
I'm 47. By the time I'm 74 we'll likely be in the worst...
of legacy climate chaos. Even if a better, cleaner, fairer future comes I'm unlikely to live in it.
That's ok. The reward is in the journey. In a life well lived. In putting yourself in service of a vision of the future someone else will get to live in.
Unfortunately...
That's ok. The reward is in the journey. In a life well lived. In putting yourself in service of a vision of the future someone else will get to live in.
Unfortunately...
the world doesn't owe any of us validation. The climate won't heal to make me feel better and humans won't treat each other better to meet my lifetime. I have to keep going DESPITE and BECAUSE things look dire, not so that things look better, for me.
The reward is in the service.
The reward is in the service.
Look after yourself.
Breathe.
Go outside and look at some green and blue.
And remember, it's not about you, it's about the change you're trying to make.
And ask yourself if it's worth making even if you never see it.
I hope the answer is YES.
Breathe.
Go outside and look at some green and blue.
And remember, it's not about you, it's about the change you're trying to make.
And ask yourself if it's worth making even if you never see it.
I hope the answer is YES.
Thank you so much for all the love on this 🧵
If you're working against climate change then I see you, I am impressed by you and I wish you strength, self-care and every success. ❤️ 🌍
If you're working against climate change then I see you, I am impressed by you and I wish you strength, self-care and every success. ❤️ 🌍
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