know is that we are capable of so much more, of opening our minds and hearts to the world of relationship within us and all of creation that is the foundation of our very existence. Our separateness from the natural world, our superiority and dominion over it, our right to use, harm or destroy any part of it for our own benefit— is a delusion that has plagued us for far too long. We will either heal this or be destroyed by it. And this is the very point in human history that we get to decide.
How do we decide? What does that look like? What can we DO? These are big questions, and contrary to how we are conditioned to approach big topics, the real answers will most likely come not from our thinking, solution-oriented heads, but from a place deep within ourselves that remembers what we already know: that we are not separate from the natural world; we are one in the same with it. This is the love we have forgotten, the love that is our birthright— the deep love that will change everything.
Mary Kingsley lives on a seven-acre property in the Ag Reserve with her husband and their small menagerie of farm animals. When she’ s not writing, podcasting or gardening, she enjoys family time with her children and grandchildren. Her daughter Emma, the other half of Lady Farmer, lives in Washington, DC with her husband and young son.
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