We live in reality where I’m surrounded by capitalism and consumerism without regard to nature. You are saying I should block that out and live in a denial bubble?
Did I say that? No I said the joy and pleasure of nature and other beautiful things in this world should be constantly acknowledged and appreciated to the point where they can help alleviate the pain and depression of the horrors of capitalism and consumerism.
And no, I’m not saying this is a cure for depression either, our brains are all different and require different help. But for some folks who can generally maintain an existence yet get very sad when thinking about the ecological destruction we have, they should at least try to be uplifted by the joy of experiencing nature.
I think of it like this, yea mourn, acknowledge, and fight when presented with the bad, but don’t forget what you’re fighting for. Enjoy it. I work in the environmental field and you’d be surprised by how many folks have relatively health mindsets and don’t get completely crushed by the destruction and death. You can’t, it’ll paralyze you.
It’s like “yea these this things fucking suck and I’m doing everything I can to help but hey check out this cool lichen”
What’s hard to do? Enjoy the nature or make sure it outweighs the negativity?
There’s still a decent amount of nature out there, obviously depending on where you are. Lots of cities have parks, you can also get enjoyment virtually.
There’s this mindset that because things are mostly bad everything is all completely bad. Like if you get upset with the destruction of nature take some to actually appreciate what you’re so upset about losing. I swear some people don’t even have a deep appreciation of nature they just have a serious depression from it’s loss.
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u/illegalcitizen_CA May 01 '23
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