So, dear heart, I am doing everything I can as the situation worsens.

I know I need to write this to you, and I don’t want to because it makes me so sad. I have been desperately avoiding my feelings about climate change, for many years, but especially and with greater intensity every year since you were born.

Fortunately, you didn’t get injured while the wildfire burned your school.

Be fearless – do not be afraid to talk to each other and do not be afraid to fail.

We can all be aware and sensitized to the problem, so that we are ready to embrace the solutions that will come our way. In doing so, we can all be part of the solution.

You are so small. So innocent. So beautiful. For you and for everyone else, I will try harder.

Thank you — Thank you — without you, I would not hear butterflies singing, without you, I would not understand black bear humor, or the creativity of jays planning their breakfast, without you, I would not feel flora whispers of long-lived wisdom on the back of my neck while sitting in Padmasana.

I believe i have truly played my part in raising awareness and practical solutions to climate change.

Remember how passionate you felt at 20, I hope you keep that passion in you and are still working on climate 30 years from now.

It is today on March 6th, 2017 that you have made the decision to make a difference in this world.

I asked you, the future , to help us as well, to preserve our only planet that can give us life, that can let us watch anime, go to the beach, smell flowers, run through the meadow, listen to our songs, be in a concert, and let us live.