04/02/2025
It’s already April and it feels like it’s been such a chaotic transition into 2025. I’ve been breaking away from social media quite a bit this year; trying to stay as present in nature as I can allow myself so I don’t fall into the abyss that is doom scrolling through devastating daily news.
I’ve been quiet. A little too quiet. This page was created not just to share landscape and wildlife photos, but to bring forth that innate desire to want to protect those places and species that we are lucky enough share this earth with. To be stewards. To inspire reverence. To voice injustice.
It’s relatively easy to sit behind a screen and spout words of indignation. But with those words, comes impact. I can sit here and list all the executive orders that have been put in place that will change the course of our future here on this planet— some creating more division than ever before. What good would that do other than fuel apathy, when what we sorely need is empathy.
I admit, it’s soul crushing knowing that we’ve taken what seems like a million steps backwards in time. That the people in power are supposed to protect us and yet we are actively drowning with no visible sign of a safe harbor. All we can do is keep floating on our backs through the storm and hope that someone comes to toss us a life jacket.
I try to ask myself each day, “What do I need to feel at peace?” My response becomes more apparent each time. That despite coming face to face with adversity, I’m doing my best to not allow the things I can’t control, control me. I cannot control what will happen in this uncertain future, but I can control how I respond it.
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