Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."

The timeless turtle will look on as man works feverishly to develop destructive nuclear weapons that will blow the world apart many times over. And perhaps one day when he pops his head up from the sea, he'll see a world empty of man, with barnacles growing on the ruins of the cities and buildings. And somewhere, perhaps on a Mexican beach, a handful of Kemp's ridleys filled with eggs will crawl out on the sand, unmolested and free.

We can share beaches and ocean with sea turtles but it requires commitment and effort on our part. We can make certain that future generations will have the opportunity to know these unusual animals. The late Dr. Archie Carr, a scientist and author who almost single handedly began to turn the tide on the extinction of sea turtles, summed it up when he wrote, "For most of the wild things on earth the future must depend upon the conscience of mankind." Our planet has come to an unprecedented point in its history where the actions of one species--man--will determine the fate of life on earth. It is not too late to ensure a future for sea turtles.

….and the turtle agrees….
“The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in a person's determination.”

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

I think I could turn and live with animals,  they are so placid and self-contain'd,  I stand and look at them long and long.