I thought this had some beautiful ideas and passages. The biggest thing overall that struck me is the way it talks about humans as being part of nature rather than separate, and how the way society and industry is set up makes you forget that. Obviously this moon is more utopian than Earth, but the ideas still apply. I ended up highlighting whole pages or paragraphs sometimes. I've been reading books on Buddhism at the same time and this honestly pairs really well with them.
You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don't know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.
This is one of those things we all kind of "know", but somehow seeing it written here just hit me in the heart. We are animals. We don't need to do or be anything, those are all just constructs. I feel this way a lot, like I am not doing enough and not productive enough or outgoing enough. But those things are not what's important. It's enough to just be, and to have curiosity and compassion toward the world.
by kristin137