To garden is to care deeply, inclusively and audaciously for the world outside our homes and our heads. It’s a way of being that is intimately interwoven with the real truths of existence—not the things we’re told to value (money, status, ownership), but the things that actually matter (sustenance, perspective, beauty, connection, growth).

When you meet the monster, anoint its feet.” — Bayo Akomolafe

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky

“We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.” — Carlos Castaneda

“I recommend the freedom that comes from asking: Compared to what?” — Gloria Steinem

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A book about how to handle being sentenced to freedom, and to handle it effectively, and authentically, and responsibly.