Tampa Hits 100 Degrees for the First Time: A Reflection on What the Earth Is Telling Us
The temperature hit triple digits, but the real heat lives in the questions it leaves behind. This is a reflection on stillness, seasons, and survival.
A reflection on rising temperatures and the rising awareness they bring
Tampa, Florida just hit 100 degrees for the first time in recorded history.
It’s not just a number.
It’s a message.
When the Earth raises its voice, it doesn’t use words.
It uses wind.
It uses ocean tides.
It uses heat.
And when we ignore the whispers,
the volume increases.
This isn’t fear.
It’s a remembering.
A remembering that we are not separate from the planet.
We are made of it.
And right now, she is speaking.
This Isn’t Just About Weather
100 degrees isn’t just an environmental statistic.
It’s a reflection of collective energy.
We’ve moved fast.
Burned through resources.
Forgotten to listen.
Forgotten to breathe.
The temperature is rising
in the air
in our nervous systems
in our relationships with time and consumption and silence.
There is no shame in forgetting.
But there is power in remembering.
The Earth Doesn’t Need Saving. She Needs Witnesses.
What if we stopped trying to fix everything
and started learning how to feel it?
What if the healing began
not with solutions
but with stillness?
With people who sit with the Earth
the way you sit with a grieving friend
not interrupting
not rushing
just listening.
Small Shifts Are Sacred
You don’t have to change the world today.
But you can turn off the noise for a moment.
You can walk barefoot on the ground.
You can drink water with reverence.
You can breathe deeper.
These small rituals reconnect us.
And when enough people remember their connection
the Earth feels it.
She softens.
She responds.
Not because we forced her to
but because we finally came home.
What the Heat is Teaching Us
This record-breaking temperature isn’t an ending.
It’s an invitation.
To slow down.
To feel.
To wake up not with panic
but with presence.
Because when the Earth speaks in heat
it’s not just a warning.
It’s a longing.
For reconnection
For respect
For remembrance.
Final Whisper
The Earth is not outside you.
She is you.
And every time you choose stillness over urgency
care over consumption
presence over distraction
you begin to cool the fire in the world
by cooling the fire within.
-Love, Eugenia
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