I am always surprised when you include climate fear in your writings. The whole climate change narrative has been debunked a zillion times. Here is just one such piece of debunking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmfRG8-RHEI
Regarding E.B. White's quote, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day..." I think his conclusion to savor first and save later has grounds. Couldn't you also make the argument that the saving comes first for the same reason, because if there is nothing saved then there will be nothing to savor? So maybe it is more about the balance of time spent doing each....
for sure Global North and neoliberal hyper-individualism skew strongly towards that take (including all self help and new age spirituality) but it could also include any pro-social hopes for an egalitarian global community where we figure our shit out and start living up to our potential. Both though, are a relative luxury compared to baseline survival needs.
Wow! Something different here. I hadn't thought about my life that way. Actually, I did but never seen it presented to me in such a clear, concise manner. I call it, "finding the right balance in my life." I have my personal mission to "save the world," but I often find myself tiring of it and struggling to stay motivated. At my advanced age my "staying alive" is more motivated by the desire to complete my mission than it is by wanting to enjoy life's pleasures which were important in my past but now either of less interest or no longer so easily available to me. Thanks for making me more conscious of my struggle.
This newsletter at once, warms and hurts my heart. I feel ambivalence, in the etymological sense of the word--ambi=both and valence=strong. Holding both at once. One foot in front of the other.
I am always surprised when you include climate fear in your writings. The whole climate change narrative has been debunked a zillion times. Here is just one such piece of debunking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmfRG8-RHEI
Regarding E.B. White's quote, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day..." I think his conclusion to savor first and save later has grounds. Couldn't you also make the argument that the saving comes first for the same reason, because if there is nothing saved then there will be nothing to savor? So maybe it is more about the balance of time spent doing each....
Seems to be a strong correlation between coming alive and having money (or resources, more generally). 🤷🏻♂️
for sure Global North and neoliberal hyper-individualism skew strongly towards that take (including all self help and new age spirituality) but it could also include any pro-social hopes for an egalitarian global community where we figure our shit out and start living up to our potential. Both though, are a relative luxury compared to baseline survival needs.
Wow! Something different here. I hadn't thought about my life that way. Actually, I did but never seen it presented to me in such a clear, concise manner. I call it, "finding the right balance in my life." I have my personal mission to "save the world," but I often find myself tiring of it and struggling to stay motivated. At my advanced age my "staying alive" is more motivated by the desire to complete my mission than it is by wanting to enjoy life's pleasures which were important in my past but now either of less interest or no longer so easily available to me. Thanks for making me more conscious of my struggle.
This newsletter at once, warms and hurts my heart. I feel ambivalence, in the etymological sense of the word--ambi=both and valence=strong. Holding both at once. One foot in front of the other.