I am a wholehearted fan of my fellow humans. I like taking photographs of the natural beauty and wisdom around us as a reminder of the natural beauty and wisdom within us.

The quotes in this book have been part of teachings and talks I’ve given over the last 25 years—most have emerged from lived experiences or in reflection on figural experiences throughout my life.

What I have learned in whenever we are disconnected from something within ourselves, we also close a pathway to thriving. Your Thriving Nature is a book that will help, support, maybe guide you to your true nature, a state of thriving that comes from connection, compassion, curiosity, and choice practiced in simple and authentic ways.

Because we human beings are universal and unique, I wanted to share these words and photographs as a way to honor the presence of wisdom and wholeness within all of us and to appreciate the unique ways each of us manifest our wisdom and wholeness in the world.

For so many of us, books are sources of respite or rejuvenation, inspiration, or instruction. My hope is this book is something of each of these, for individual readers and for groups, for anyone who seek to pathways to thriving beyond circumstances in all dimensions of their unique and miraculous being.

May this book help you engage authentically within and around you, reinforce wisdom you already have, or celebrate what you already do to appreciate your thriving nature.



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