ウォルト・ホイットマンの詩(leaves of grass)の一節に動物がどんなに自分満足しているのかについて書いてあって、言われてみれば、そうなんだなあ。シンプルに考え、シンプルに生きると言う事かなあ、なかなかできる事ではないだろうが。。。 I think I could turn and live with animals. They are so placid and selfcontaind, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years agao, not one is respectable or unhappy over the earth.