Complexity rests upon diversity. Maintaining a stance of inclusivity is risky, but in an exciting way. Complexity and diversity will constantly challenge cherished assumptions. But learning is inevitable if one is open to the risk of making mistakes. In fact, making mistakes is advisable.
Fear is par for the course, and therefore so are confidence and courage.
Everybody's story is vital to the integrity of the whole, including one's own. Ecologists and social justice advocates both promote respect for diversity. That respect depends upon a mature capacity to embrace apparent contradictions. This internal stance of inclusivity is the key to ecopsychology, where a healthy multicultural, multibiotic, multiregional and multifaceted psyche merges and blends gracefully with Earth's ecology.