The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time ...
I think that the way the animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there's something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life.
For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if we worked to produce directly our daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.
Pure natural farming goes nowhere and seeks no victory. Gandhi's way, a methodless method, acting with a non-winning, non-opposing state of mind, is akin to natural farming. When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realised.
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
-- Masanobu Fukuoka
(One Straw Revolution)