The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us.

The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, depleting the resilience and imagination needed for fresh visions and strategies.

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.

There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All are essential.

The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity. As your heart breaks open there will be room for the world to heal.

Gratitude is liberating. It is subversive. It helps us to realize that we are sufficient, and that realization frees us.

The wave of the future is on the local level. Don't waste your heart and mind trying to pull down what is already destroying itself. But come into where you're almost below the radar and reorganize life. We want communities where we live and work and fight for the future.