Positively Doomed: For Those Who Already Know

Positively Doomed is for the ones who have looked directly into the ecological abyss and refused to look away. You who understand the depth of planetary hospice, who carry the weight of awareness not as a burden, but as a profound act of bearing witness.

You're not here for more climate info. You've read the reports, tracked the data, understood the trajectories. Your grief is not theoretical—it lives in your bones, pulses through your blood. You know the landscapes are changing, species are vanishing, systems are unraveling.

Any fear you feel is not weakness; it is awareness. It is a clear-eyed response to unprecedented planetary change. We have never been here before! Of course that can be scary. But beneath that fear lives something more powerful: an extraordinary toughness. You continue to feel, to pay attention, to stay present… when turning away would be so much easier, much less painful.

You aren't offering solutions. You aren't demanding hope. Together we are creating a language for what you already know—a way to metabolize grief that honors its complexity. A sanctuary of sorts. A place for sense-making, a place to acknowledge there is still beauty to behold and that there are still good people in the world. We can't fix it, but we can hold it close before we go.

You are not out to spread fear, or panic, or even to shout what you know from the highest mountaintop. Yours is a quiet resolve. An island in the storm. You understand the the course we're taking: freefall.

Into that, you are courageous. You understand and truly accept what's happening. You're not giving up; you're choosing to be fully present with what is, without fighting reality or losing your self. Acceptance means you can still love deeply and act with the best intentions.

You're not collapsing into helplessness, but opening to a more honest, nuanced engagement with life. Your willingness to see clearly, feel fully, and remain connected is itself a powerful form of resilience. To know and keep going takes strength. That is who you are regardless of what anyone might say about pessimism, doom, or depression. You know what's in your heart: love.

There will certainly be horrors and ugliness along our shared, unexplored path. But that doesn't mean we have to take part in that. And it doesn't mean we have to be like that. It doesn't mean that beauty is gone. Beauty, in one form or another, will be here forever whether or not life goes on.

Understanding there is nothing that can be done to stop this nightmare can be freeing... in a way. But, once we know and once we let go, our hearts open in a new way. Maybe you see the sorrow all around. Maybe you miss the songs in the trees. Maybe you miss just having a normal conversation with a kind human stranger. Remember that? But missing doesn't mean we can't enjoy what is here right now. And it doesn't mean there won't be more beauty, love and laughter along the way.

You and I, we, are not looking away; we are changing our focus. While it can feel terribly important to focus on the bad and on the danger, take time to find beauty. Be a witness to whatever beauty remains whenever and however you can find it.

This is for those brave enough to inhabit the storm of ecological uncertainty. Not as victims, but as fierce, attentive participants in an unprecedented moment of planetary change.

You're still here. You're alive. Take time to look at the sky. And breathe.