The Penguin Lessons

by Tom Michell

“I only want things that make me happy. So many people are captivated by things that can never make them happy!” “What makes you happy, then, Maria?” “Oh, my children and my family make me happy, and my friends. Growing things make me happy. Flowers on the tomatoes and the swelling fruit. The hens, the pigs, and the goats make me happy. My work makes me happy, too.” She paused, then said, “Growing older with the people I love makes me happy.”

to consider what was truly important and of real value. How, in a world so full of astonishing beauty and priceless wonders, had humans devised so much misery, and not just for our own species?

How, in a world so full of astonishing beauty and priceless wonders, had humans devised so much misery, and not just for our own species? The essence of being human and the nature of friendship were recurring issues of my contemplations.

Almost all of us are so consumed with providing for ourselves, our families, our futures, and our expanding communities that we don’t notice the plight of wildlife. Is there any chance that the world’s oceans can survive the damage we are causing but just don’t see?

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What seems undeniable is that if the Bank of Nature’s descamisados becomes insolvent, no amount of our money will ever bail us out.