This new era requires a change of consciousness and values – an expansion of our worldviews and ethics. The evolutionary life impulse moves us forward from viewing ourselves as isolated individuals and competing nation states to realizing our collective presence as a species with a common origin story and shared destiny.

~ Mary Tucker and Brian Swimme, “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”

Sunrise, Costa Brava, Spain – photo by Andrey Shapovalov, bigstockphoto.com