I read a book in the late 1990s called The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, by Erich Fromm, and it had a profound impact on me. Fromm takes Descartes' statement, "I think, therefore I am" and changes it to "I effect, therefore I am."

The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not enough" to the positive frame of aligning with Nature.

I think we are at a new evolutionary stage. We evolved in tight-knit tribes in which we faced death if we didn't have the support of the rest of the tribe.

If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is life serving.

[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.

Little wonder that it can seem unthinkable to say "no, thanks" to the modern-day equivalent of our tribe - our fear-driven culture.

Nature has an incredible capacity for regeneration and growth, but we can't experience it if we stay fearful and focused on lack.