Caroline welcomes the return of Ellen LaConte, author of “Life Rules Why so much is going wrong everywhere at once and how Life teaches us to fix it.” and “On Light Alone A Guru Meditation on the Good Death of Helen Nearing,” That we may be focused and dedicated to creative cultural leadership = moving to the center of public discourse the meta-story of resolving dire global circumstance, occasioned by rude human dominance with our willingness to cooperate with nature .