Exactly, Katrina. The fact that our fairy tale isn't a story of either humans or animals born into privilege is what makes the world worth living in.

An example of what I mean is that none of this, absolutely none of it, came about because of a windfall of money. It came about because I let go of material priorities--let go of property, financial goals, obligations that I should not have had in the first place. Only when I walked away with nothing did I find everything.