Happiness is not an individual matter.
All of our ancestors and all future
generations are present in us.
Liberation is not an individual matter.
As long as the ancestors in us are still
suffering, we cannot be happy, and we will transmit that suffering to our
children and their children.
Now is the time to liberate our ancestors,
and future generations, and free ourselves.
If we can take one step freely and happily,
touching the Earth mindfully, we can take one hundred.
We do it for ourselves and for all previous
and future generations.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Long Road Turns
to Joy
a guide to walking meditation.
