Hey Reader,

Hello from Cocoa Beach, where Kelly and I are enjoying this view from the porch:

Thanks to a sales pitch on a rainy vacation day, my Dad decided investing in a timeshare back in the early 2000s was a good idea.

(Despite popular opinion, it’s worked out great for us!)

We’ve been coming here twice a year ever since.

But this time something’s different.

The place we stay has a boardwalk to the beach through a natural preserve of palms, grass and sand dunes. I love the view across a green space with the ocean behind.

However, what we thought was a tree covered in dark birds when we arrived yesterday was actually bare branches and dead leaves left over from that record-breaking freeze we had back in February. 🥶

I can see signs of it on many of the plants around here, similar to the plants at home – an ever-present reminder the planet is changing.

As a 90’s kid, I grew up with PSAs instructing me to recycle, turn off the lights, and cut the plastic rings from a 6-pack of Diet Coke so sea turtles wouldn’t die.

I miss a time when public policy was largely on board with doing the collective work to turn around climate change.

But instead, I now feel like my efforts are at odds with the powers that be.

And yet, I remain hopeful that my efforts alone still matter.

I’d like to think that I have one of this week’s sayings to thank for it.

In the latest episode of Being Different Together, Kelly and I continue on our Intentionality series.

🎧Listen to #18 - Intentionality, Part 3: If You Think You Can Change the World, You Have a Better Chance​

We explore:

• How to tell the difference between grounded, realistic hope and fantasy “manifestation”
• A wild pirate parable that reframes karma, intention, and “doing the least harm” in impossible situations.
• How trying to change anything—yourself, a relationship, or the world—inevitably brings conflict, and why that’s often what helps us evolve.
• And more!

And listen, I get it. There are so many things to worry about in this world and it’s all merited.

I’m never saying we ignore or excuse it. BUT, when there’s a perspective that can make dealing with and changing it easier to grasp, I say let’s bring it on.

May this episode inspire you to do something to make the world better for you and those around you.

In Joy,
Nyssa

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