Once you start growing things, it takes you off into a whole other way
of seeing the world. You have plenty of time to meditate…. My
parents, my brothers and sisters, and me lived with my grandmother
in her house. I remember my grandmother always being very happy
and not wanting or desiring material things. I remember her
working in her garden, living a very simple life, and eating a very
simple diet. I too have discovered that contentment and happiness
come from knowledge of the natural world.
—Clayton Brascoupe, Mohawk, Iroquois Six Nations, 1986