For Christmas, my mother purchased a copy of this book for my brother and I. For the last few years my mother, brother and I have shared in conversations about getting back to a traditional means of living wherein we would be able to sustain ourselves with very little reliance on the outside world. It isn't that we wish to disconnect from others, but to create a place where people can escape from this fast and furious society and remember the basics. It's a dream that, fortunately, my immediate family shares. We often verbalize our visions of buying a large parcel of land and how all of our family build on and work the land. It would be hard work, we know that for sure, but there's something to be said for the serenity that comes with being self-sufficient. I want my children to know what it feels like to run through the forest and the fields, to pick their own food from the vine and to have the satisfaction of knowing that they can accommodate all of their needs with the works of their very own hands.
Someday, I hope to make that dream become a reality. I have no idea where the land will be or how many family members and friends will join me on a journey of sweet self sufficiency. I do know, however, that it will be a glorious day and that even if I don't make it to this mystical place I envision anytime soon, my dreams of this paradise will bring me peace along my journey.
Namaste
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