much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.).

The good life is not about avoiding fear. Just the opposite.

The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.

What we need to get right is not focusing on the fear associated with quantity - not enough, scarcity, and lack - and moving instead to a worldview that explores quality and connectedness.

Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked.

Fear doesn't have to stop us.

I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with two parents who founded a Unitarian Church. We lived in a little frame house, and my bedroom was just down the hall from the kitchen. My favorite memories of childhood are of the smell of coffee wafting into my bedroom as my parents and their friends talked about the big, important things - about racism and about how to move our country to live its values.