We Will Not Cancel Us

In the past, I have lost my connection to life, to wanting to live, thought it didn’t much matter if I was here or not, and so it didn’t much matter how I treated myself or others. When I was in that phase of ambiguous commitment to life, I took risks with my mind and body that I couldn’t imagine taking now.

The U.S., as a nation, does not choose, or love, life. Not in our policies, in our safety practices, in our relationship to the planet and other nations. Not yet, and possibly never before

Given where I enter, I might be who you want to hear from, I might not. I don’t want to pretend that my perspective is, should be, or could ever be universal

Feel for any and all teachers in nature who can help us learn what we do not yet know

Mycelium helps us see ourselves

we are all connected to each other, at our best and at our worst

Another dynamic occurs when people begin to see you as a teacher—you have to be more careful with your questions, with your emotional explorations…

I want to punish people too sometimes, especially those whom I have survived. I’m not above it

Identifying and asking the questions doesn’t mean I know the answers.

Identifying and asking the questions doesn’t mean I know the answers. In my emotional inquiries, it usually means I feel lost, and longing for a clarity that aligns with my vision of transformation from a rigid, punitive, disconnected society to an adaptive, resilient, and interdependent one