Ancestors are ecological beings

Building loving and generative connections with our ancestral ecosystems requires us to be in our agency.

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We don’t have to abandon ourselves to be loved by our ancestors.

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Thank you, bell hooks, for teaching us that pursuing relationships truly rooted in love requires us to exercise our agency and self-determination.

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