From Marianne: Still Here. Still Good. 🌎

I watched Project Hail Mary recently and walked away with something I didn't expect.

I don't want to be anywhere else but here. On Earth.

Which is funny, because I feel like we've all pretty much agreed that Earth used to be better. Food was tastier. Coke was better. The ocean was cleaner and even bluer. People were kinder.

But if every generation feels that way, shouldn't this place be a complete disaster by now? It isn't. So maybe it's not Earth that's changed so much, maybe it's us.

As we age, life reshapes how we see everything. Sometimes it beats us up. We lose that easy, unfiltered way of experiencing things we had when we were younger. We start noticing what's wrong instead of what's right. Before we know it, the past feels perfect and right now feels like a downgrade.

But what if nothing got worse? What if we're just experiencing it differently?

For me, the ocean has always been my reset. The second I'm near it everything softens. Everything grounds. It's still magic, and even though it's not the exact same ocean of my childhood, the feeling is still there.

That incredible feeling is still there.

Maybe that's the point of Earth Day. Not to mourn what's changed, but to notice what hasn't.