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"I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth"

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There is a soft-spoken indictment hiding inside Richardson's calm phrasing: "I believe" sounds personal, even tentative, but it slides quickly into a sweeping diagnosis of the species. As a musician, he reaches for rhythm as his governing metaphor. "Out of balance" is physical, almost bodily; "out of synch" is musical and mechanical at once, suggesting a drummer who keeps missing the beat and a machine that can no longer lock into time. The line turns ecological crisis into something you can feel in your chest, like a song that won't resolve.

The intent isn't to offer policy or science. It's to reframe environmental damage as a spiritual and behavioral misalignment, a failure of relationship rather than merely a failure of regulation. That matters because it recruits shame and longing more than fear: if we're "out of synch", then a different way of living isn't just necessary, it's imaginable - like finding the groove again.

The subtext pushes against modern life without naming its villains. "Human beings" flattens differences of power and responsibility; corporations, colonial histories, and unequal consumption disappear into a collective "we". That can be a dodge, but it also functions as an invitation. No one gets to sit outside the problem, which means no one is locked out of the repair.

Contextually, the quote lands in a culture saturated with climate data and starved for language that translates it into everyday intuition. Richardson offers a phrase built for repetition - the kind that can slip into lyrics, interviews, and social media - making ecological consciousness feel less like homework and more like a rhythm you can relearn.

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Richardson, Kevin. (2026, January 17). I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-as-human-beings-we-are-out-of-balance-60501/

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Richardson, Kevin. "I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-as-human-beings-we-are-out-of-balance-60501/.

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"I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-as-human-beings-we-are-out-of-balance-60501/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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Kevin Richardson

Kevin Richardson (born October 3, 1971) is a Musician from USA.

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