Kanthaka and Rahula
I have a large framed photo of Jane Goodall hanging in my bedroom in Tucson. It is a remarkable image. Jane is greeting a caged chimpanzee named Jou Jou. She has bowed her head and Jou Jou has reached out with her very anthropomorphic hand to gently touch Jane's forehead. Jane’s hair is backlit, giving her an angelic aura. Under the image, inside the frame, is a quote from her book “Reason For Hope”: Together with the chimpanzees and the baboons and the monkeys, the birds and the insects, the teeming life of the vibrant forest, the stirrings of the never still waters of the great lake, and the uncountable stars and planets of the solar system formed one whole. All one, all part of the great mystery. And I was part of it too. A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, “This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.” Handwritten under the quote is a personal note from Jane: For Scott – Find where you belong – and...