After a picture-perfect splashdown, the crew of the Artemis II mission to the moon is safe, back on terra firma. What a triumph.
I’m not going to write about the mission — I’ve done that enough already, I think — except to say that for the ten days of the mission, my social media feeds were a delight. I’m pretty good at training the Instagram algorithm to feed me only uplifting content, but the barrage of moon joy over the last couple of weeks has been particularly encouraging. More, please.
Among all the feel-good posts, I came across this one from one of my favourite online writers, Zerlina:
I loved this so much: “stay human” feels like a more realistic, more imperative goal; more than “stay calm,” far more than “stay positive.” It feels like what the Artemis II astronauts were reminding us to do. And it feels … I dunno, doable.
So here’s to staying human, friends, and staying kind.
In other news, here are a few peeks in my journal. Making these recent entries helped me meditate on the importance of staying human. Maybe they’ll help you, too.
