“Be a hummingbird”

[Wangari Maathai, speaking to Botanic Gardens Conservation International, February 2007.]

I heard an excerpt from this storytelling in a an episode of the BBC podcast Great Lives devoted to Wangari Maathai, environmental activist, political activist, and winner of the Novel Peace Prize.

“Be a hummingbird”: that’s just what I needed to hear in these times. And: “I’m doing the best I can.” So must we all.