You don't believe in Nature anymore. It's too isolated from you. You've abstracted it. It's so messy and damaged and sad. Your eyes glaze as you travel life's highway past all the crushed animals and the Big Gulp cups.

Joy Williams
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Sometimes we can get so caught up in the things that make us different from everyone else. We forget what the world is really like and begin to believe that everything is more complex, more confusing, and more dangerous than it really is. We tell ourselves that we are special because we have talents and abilities that no one else has. We don't trust Nature anymore.

It's too isolated from us. It's not as beautiful as we imagine it to be. In fact, it's more damaged and sad than we realize.

If we could just "glaze our eyes" and travel life's highway past all the crushed animals and the Big Gulp cups, we would see a world of beauty where everyone is a friend to everyone else.

Source: Ill Nature

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