Activity: Learning Outcome 7, Overwhelmed with the World

     I had a really long week last week, and by Sunday night I was exhausted. I typically listen to NPR in the morning, but the news just kept getting more and more depressing. Shootings, and politics, and climate change were at the tops of headlines all week and it broke my heart to think about the state of our world. 

    I took my dog for a walk sunday night at contemplated it all. The sun was setting and the world looked really beautiful as I was walking. I was struck by how much I wanted to protect this earth, this beautiful place we get to call home. I thought of my contributions, the climate guilt that so often inhabits my life. The guilt of driving cars, the guilt of consumption, of unsustainable infrastructure, and water usage. I realized how anxious the news and the current state of the world had been making me feeling, but as I was walking I was feeling a lot better. I think when I'm walking I tend to be much more in the moment and life feels a lot better. I may not have changed the world, but in changing my perspective I was able to view things through a different lens.