What We Sould Learn From the Walking People Who Traveld Thousands Years Ago

   It snowed before dawn this morning, so everything was white and beautiful. But now  the snow is melting under the blue sky. This is also beautiful. We need snow in winter for the crops in spring.   

I am now reading a big book whose title is ‘ The Walking People’. It is an oral history of a Native American tribe told by a woman whose name is Paula Underwood. It is an amazing story of the people who started Africa, crossed the Eurasian Continent to North America, and the span of their travel seems around ten thousand years. One thing I am impressed about them is the way they decide things and carry it out. They get together around the fire and talked and talked. Men, women, and children seem to have the same right to talk and to be listened with respect. Thus they share all of their knowledge, experience, and idea even of the very young ones. They confirm where they are and decide what to do next through the discussion. They seem so wise and united. This is an original DEMOCRACY, don’t you think?     .    

  The people I met yesterday in the meeting agreed that we, Japanese people, have not  fought for democracy ourselves, so we don’t know what is democracy, or how important it is though Japan seems advanced nation . I am ashamed to admit it, but it is true. They are easy to obey and don’t stand up against injustice. We should learn from the walking people many thousands years ago. What