It seems impossible to express how much love and gratitude I feel for the people and entities in my life who have helped me write this book.
I give thanks to the creator of the Universe for the unfolding of endless dreams. What an unbelievable, mysterious work you have created. I am enraptured with you and all the manifestations of infinity. I am so grateful to be in a conversation with you every second of every day. I love you to no end.
I give thanks to the plant people for all of their forms that have lit a fire in my mind and heart. Your shapes, colors, and feelings have touched me deeply. I am bewildered at the beauty in your expressions. You have stopped me in my tracks countless times. It is you, the plants, who have been the greatest inspiration in the creation of this book.
I give thanks to all of humanity. I am amazed at how much you all deal with. Being human is not always easy as we work with the powerful forces of thought, emotion, dream, and survival. There are certain humans who have touched me especially deeply. I cannot hope to mention you all here, as there have been many of you that have added so much beauty to my journey.
Thank you Megan for being the amazing partner you are, and sticking with me through the spiraling waves of our life together. Thank you Mom for loving me unconditionally and teaching me to never put up roadblocks. Thank you Rafi for showing me that life is an adventure and for living without fear. Thank you Ben for sharing this life with me and all of our amazing conversations that have expanded my awareness. Thank you to my kids for spreading so much love and joy into my heart and teaching me what it means to care for another.
Thank you Aunt Barb and Grandpa for being the cornerstones of the family and giving us all a place to return to again and again. And thank you to all the Silvers and Shumways, as you visit me in my dreams today as you did when I was a kid. Daniel, Hila, Yael, Zach, Noah, Helena, Jake, Rachel and Joe, Sam, Jillian, Uncle Mitch, Charlie, Jeff, Anne, Aunt Michelle, Aunt Toby, Michael, Eric, Megan, I love you all.
Thank you to the people at Buffalo Field Campaign. You woke me up to what our civilization is doing to the planet and changed my life forever. I appreciate you keeping up the fight out there. Free the wild!
Thank you Brian Caldwell for being a friend and a mentor and for planting trees. Thank you Sean Dembrosky for being a great friend and ally.
Thank you Sam Thayer for your work that has inspired me to no end, and thank you for now being a part of my work.
I am very grateful for the hardworking people at Chelsea Green for giving me this opportunity to share my knowledge and visions with the greater world. Thank you.