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I remind myself: if one goes in search of nature in its wildest forms, you shouldn’t expect it will be pleased to see you.

And it is time to accept the fact that they have changed forever, cannot be returned to a previous “unspoiled” state—indeed, that the notion of their being spoiled in the first place may be incorrect—and appreciate them, for what they are now. , “the new ecological world order.”quoting Goethe: “[Nature] is ever shaping new forms: what is, has never yet been; what has been, comes not again.”

Her great-great-grandmother Leila sounds like an amazing woman. What a pity she will never get to meet her. The world would have been a much more interesting place if everyone was given a chance to meet their ancestors at least for an hour in their lifetime.

Grown-ups are not good at masking their concerns, although they can hide their delight and curiosity surprisingly well. Whereas with children it is the other way round. Children can tactfully mute their anxiety and conceal their sorrow, but will struggle not to express their excitement. That is what growing up means, in some simple way: learning to repress all expressions of pure happiness and joy.

Apocalyptic stories always get the apocalypse wrong. The tragedy is not the failed world’s barren ugliness. The tragedy is its clinging beauty even as it fails. Until the very last cricket falls silent, the beauty-besotted will find a reason to love the world.