It's during extremely trying times that we truly discover things about ourselves that we may have never known before. And this past year has exposed the true nature of our environment. Forced to come face to face with our inner demons, this pandemic has given us the opportunity to get a perspective on how we react to situations when pushed to a corner. With all the time in our hands to reflect, we finally realized what our biggest fears, priorities and flaws really are. Time itself has worked extremely differently, crawling slowly on a day-to-day basis, but speeding through the seasons. Without realizing, the Earth has revolved around the Sun twice, while we have physically been stuck in almost the exact same spot throughout. So many wishes, goals, dreams and visions, unfulfilled. While things would eventually go back to some form of normalcy for some very lucky beings amongst us, it's sadly not going to be case for a lot others. From people who suddenly lost family members that they never got to say goodbye to, to people who lost everything that they have ever owned, so much has been taken away from so many people. For all the damages that we have caused on the environment through the actions we have taken in the name of globalisation and development, the Earth had to regulate things, in order to remain habitable for the fragile little beings that we are. The idea of "environmentalism" is actually just a humanitarian cause if you truly stop to think about it. Environmentalists are a group of sapiens who are merely trying to preserve a livable habitat for their species to continue surviving. Fundamentally, we still operate on our survival mode, and a lot of our actions are still based on that. Where do we go from here? What will happen to the species in the long run? As we get closer to depleting all the finite natural resources to its last drops and be left with insufficient oxygen in the atmosphere for humanity to survive on, we have to start coming to terms with the fact that the days of our existence on this planet are numbered. Earth will be alright. It would continue to sustain life. It's just not going to be us. #Notestothefuture #Earth #Nature (at Mount Aspiring National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8NimpJ1hZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
