Toward Ecosophy

Start by blessing everyone and everything you can bless -- if that's the plants and animals, that's what it is. As you do this, however, remember that you and you alone choose whether you're going to be a prisoner of your past, or whether you're going to outgrow what happened to you and rise above it. It's important to acknowledge your hesitancy and the experiences that underlie it, but it's also important to grapple with it rather than surrendering to it, and push the boundaries where those get in the way of your freedom to act -- and bless.