arepuchi man

i want to become more like a arepuchi man.
i want to care less how i get to my destination.
i want to keep in mind where i am going.
i want to laugh along the way.
i want to return home smiling.
i want to struggle to find a word for "work".
i want to experience simple pleasure.
i want to make human connection natural.
i want to play without adult hurdles.
i want to laugh from stubbing my toe.
i want to know friendship along the way.
i want to know my tribe well.
i want to be known by my tribe.
i want to understand without resolve.
i want to accept without need to access.
i want to be connected to nature.
i want to plant my food and grow it.
i want to run into the water without reason.
i want to believe that i can become.
i want to start as i am.

"I believe it is possible to start as we are, lost and handicapped, and still find a way back. At least we might learn the direction in which our best interests lie and not go on making efforts that have an equal chance of leading us further off track."-Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept