Growing Forward: Cannabis and the New Democracy
When she grows freely, her core deepens, anchoring strength and balance. When crowded, she stretches desperately toward the light. But when given space — real space — she expands, thriving in every direction, welcoming all who visit: the grasshopper, the green June bug, the bee. At her edges, life doesn’t end. Life lives.
I grow cannabis.
As a teacher, these are frightening words. As a leader, they are even heavier. In a society that draws hard moral lines between "good" and "bad," "poison" and "miracle," even personal choices become acts of rebellion. These codes are not just ideas — they design our identities, our behaviors, and the ways we are permitted to show up in the world. Crossing those hard lines takes more than courage. It often means isolation. It means risking being misunderstood, judged, even abandoned.
But nothing changes if we stay put.
When we resist crossing those edges — when we rationalize, perform, and twist ourselves into familiar forms just to be accepted — we lose something essential. Growth doesn’t come from staying planted in the same safe spot. Growth comes from crossing. Crossing into new ground, new understanding, new wholeness.
This is my story of crossing.
I invite you to read it, subscribe to follow the journey, and comment to add your voice to the chorus of those daring to live fully — even when it’s hard, even when it’s against the "rules."
If you have ever wrestled with a moral code that made you small, if you have ever stood trembling at the edge of what you know and what you dream, you are not alone.
Let's design a world where life — all life — is allowed to grow.
