For Us

1.A Coursing River
2.Turbidity
3.Abject poverty, abject wealth
4.No distractions from truth
5.Clarity

I would like to think of myself as a coursing river; flowing from the infinite all the while making my way back to the infinite. Perhaps being temporarily removed from a developing country and implanted into a developing one I am able to see two different ways in which I saw and now see the world. There are so many distractions to occupy ones time with when we all we know is the desire to accumulate. As North Americans we want so much, 2.5 children, a house, cottage, 2 cars and a garage, manicured lawns, and lots of money. With all of these distractions we lose something, and our lives become turbid and we fail to see the truth of who we are and why we are here.

In Zambia, at any one time I am within miles unless in communities who have n-o-t-h-i-n-g they have quite literally no things. They have the cloths on their backs and the shoes on their feet-if-they are wearing any. I see great wealth here as well, Mercedes bends, SUVs, million dollar mansions, designer boutiques. I float around somewhere between trying to absorb this world of stark contrast, and I see the existence of extremes everyday. There are no distractions here. Life is so simple. You live each day. Plans are not made because you can never predict what next week will bring. I feel no need to want anything. I only want this freedom to persist for the rest of my life. Freedom from the desire to accumulate anything but love.

For Us I wish the shedding of the skins of material desires revealing the simplicity and splendor of being. In our experiencing life I wish us to flow with little resistance and great joy as we make our way home.