My Hope For The Future Is That

....i Understood Why Those Who Had Lived Through War Or Economic Disasters, And Who Had Built For Themselves A Good Life And A High Standard Of Living, Were Rightly Proud To Be Able To Provide For Their Children Those Things Which They Themselves Had Not Had. And Why Their Children, Inevitably, Took Those Things For Granted. It Meant That New Values And New Expectations Had Crept Into Our Societies Along With New Standards Of Living. Hence The Materialistic And Often Greedy And Selfish Lifestyle Of So Many Young People In The Western World, Especially In The United States.

I Became Intensely Aware Of The Being-ness Of Trees. The Feel Of Rough Sun-warmed Bark Of An Ancient Forest Giant, Or The Cool, Smooth Skin Of A Young And Eager Sapling, Gave Me A Strange, Intuitive Sense Of The Sap As It Was Sucked Up By Unseen Roots And Drawn Up To The Very Tips Of The Branches, High Overhead.

We, As Humans, Have Actually Developed A Sense Of Social Responsibility. We Have Gone Beyond Our Basic Instincts. We Can And We Do. This Is What Sets Us Apart From The Chimps. They Are Extremely Brutal And Hostile. Your Next Door Neighbor Is To Be Killed Unless She Is A Juicy Young Female, Who Hasn't Yet Had Her First Baby, In Which Case You Want Her.

Studying Chimps, I Came To The Conclusion That Being Evil Is Something That Only Humans Are Capable Of. A Chimp Would Never Plan To Pull Another's Nails Out. The Chimps' Way Of Aggression Is Quick And Brutal. I Compare Them To Gang Attacks.

I'm Highly Political. I Spend An Awful Lot Of Time In The U.s. Trying To Influence Decision-makers. But I Don't Feel In Tune With British Politics.