"...(sometimes) we miss the incredible lesson that nature has to
teach us, the lesson of how to just be. Nothing to compete with
(except perhaps the squirrels for the spring harvest of
hazelnuts), no egoistic posturing for a job or a raise, no
struggle with the Russians for oil of the Middle East, no
desperate search for approval or acceptance from societal peers or
acquaintances. Nature offers us a rare freedom from the painful
and stressful concerns of society."
-- Michael Tierra, an herbalist,
"The Way of Herbs" (Simon and Schuster, 1998).