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What matters is not ‘happiness’ but meaning…..Happiness comes and goes, but meaning doesn’t. The truth, of course, is that we can find meaning in experiences that are anything but happy.

The way out is not around, over, under, or above, but through the consequences we have created.

From my perspective, “Are we going to make it?” is the wrong question. As you would expect, I must return to the only two questions that matter: Who do I want to be, and what did I come here to … Continue reading →

Just because it is too late for modern societies to be maintained, does not mean it is too late for influencing the future. Just because it might be too late to significantly influence that future, does not mean it is … Continue reading →

An ‘elevator pitch for the end times’, if you will. I agreed to try and said: “Humanity is really screwed, so let’s slow down, help each other, be nicer to animals and nature, defend freedom, grow food, play more, be … Continue reading →

The key to stopping the environmental apocalypse is not science but love.

Fear is contagious, calm is contagious, and courage is contagious. Those of us who have some idea of what is unfolding can prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to be as we are able centers of calm, compassion, and courage.

Story of interdependence: We live in uncertain times. There is no route to a secure future. But your work is honorable if you are creating something, maintaining peoples’ well-being, or serving the nonhuman world.

Please don’t add to your anxiety by believing you must do the impossible. None of us are going to turn this ship around in time to keep it from sinking. Give yourself permission to mourn, permission to let go of … Continue reading →

Once I dropped from my shoulders the self-imposed burden of having to “save the world,” I could breathe a sigh of relief and ask myself, “What can I still do?”