Donkeys have seen lots of storms in their day, and they are my guide for handling them. They get to a warm dry place and stand still. If they see a human who might be giving them a carrot, they come out, eat the carrot and go back out to stand and wait. They accept their lives.

I love Wendelly Berry’s question: “What Are People For?” in our society.

Are they:

– More important than corporate profits?

– Than wars?

-Than immigration policy?

-Than deficits?

-Than profit and loss?

– Than banks and car companies?

-Than the outsourcing of jobs?

-Than the bottom line?

-Than angry and craven politicians?

– Than globalism?

– Than corporate farms?

– Than mergers and acquisitions?

– Than industrialized and mechanized food production?

I wonder if they ought to be.