Hi everyone. This is to let you know that I will be leaving Skool. The platform simply does not allow me to create and engage with others in a way that feels professional and effective. Despite repeated attempts to call Skool’s attention to the issues I’ve encountered (which they acknowledge and say others have mentioned) nothing has changed. Especially concerning is the way they expect community owners to use other social media platforms to drive traffic to Skool. I simply don’t have the time or money to set up accounts on, master, and pay for ads on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest (to name just a few) all the while struggling to create content and find members for my Skool community. Anyway, that was a long way to say thank you for your interest in and support of Wild Dialogs. I’ve had some wonderful conversations with each of you and hope you will keep in touch. You can always find me on Substack: https://wilddialogs.substack.com. I wish you all the best.

This is a fundamental truth that I believe applies to humans as well as animals. If you look at what is called the "civilized" world today you realize that most humans are living "lives of quiet desperation." They're disconnected from nature, and their imaginations and creativity lie dormant and unused. Most humans have been taught that making money and buying things will make them happy - that they must compare themselves to and compete with others to make that money and buy those things. But it's never enough, is it? Meanwhile the wilderness that lives in all our cells is howling - recalling us to our Essence. Listen! https://gyazo.com/d2026cbcfd7013dff5674413cb1bebc4

"If it is wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for it, and dedicate yourself to it, whether it is a mountain range, your wife, your husband, or even (heaven forbid) your job. It doesn't matter if it's wild to anyone else: if it's what makes your heart sing, it if makes your days soar like a hawk in the summertime, then focus on it. Because for sure, it's wild, and if it's wild, it'll mean you're still free. No matter where you are." - Rick Bass

This will bring you to tears. Another exquisite clip from Louie Schwartzberg: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1C2pfwZ6qW/

When looking at the photo of Earth taken by the Voyager spacecrafts as they swept past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Carl Sagan had this to say: "When we took the picture, there was something about Earth that seemed so poignant - vulnerable and tiny. I thought, 'There - that's us. That's our world. That's all of us - everybody you know, everybody you love. Everybody you ever heard of lived out their lives there, on a mote of dust in a sunbeam.' "The photo spoke to me about the need for us to care for one another, and also, to preserve the pale blue dot, which is the only home we've ever known. And it underscored the tininess, the comparative insignificance of our world and ourselves." - Carl Sagan, "Pale Blue Dot" (Talk of the Nation : Science Friday) Listen to the full broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g I wonder how you felt when you read this and how you see your path and purpose going forward. Like Sagan, I am humbled and deeply grateful to be able to call this mote of dust my home. Let's work together to preserve and protect it.