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Quotes of the month(s)

from Lyn

• Is the horse comfortable? Yes.
• Is the horse achieving? Yes.
• Then you're doing good.
• Only those who don't understand don't know you're doing good.

Polynesian sayings:

• a warrior dies in battle, a climber on a cliff;
• a gardener of old age.
• One warrior falls, another will rise.
• Plenty more where he came from.
• To be famous in war is soon forgotton,
• but fame in producing food will always remain

Four Guides (personal communication from AB in a pub in Bow Street)

• be immaculate in your use of words (without sin) eg. do not put yourself or others down (or up?)
• make no assumptions
• don't take anything personally
• always do your best

From Lyn, relating to horses, but with wider applications:

• The concept of time is human.
• Time limits are unproductive.
• If the time is right, its easy.
• If the time is wrong, its impossible.
• Don't be pressurised by human time limits.
• The horse will tell you when to progress.
• Listen to him. Adapt.

Lin Yutang:

"Those who are wise won't be busy and those who are busy, won't be wise."

Andy Langford, along similar lines:

"Ask yourself, as a permaculture designer, how many siestas can I easily take this week? If its less than three or four, be worried."

From Resurgence. no. 208. Perspectives. Interesting (and mad) particularly from a Welsh perspective:

• Britain imports 125,000 tonnes of lamb
• Britain exports 102,000 tonnes of lamb
• Britain imports 61,000 tonnes of poultry FROM the Netherlands
• Britain exports 33,000 tonnes of poultry TO the Netherlands

This reminds me of driving down the A470 to Cardiff (the Welsh North-South connection- ha!) and passing fully laden timber wagons going in both directions. I thought, why can't they just turn round and deliver each others orders? Or even better, why can't the timber order be supplied by the nearest forest? Because of something to do with free trade, I fear.

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