Beginnings
In the last week i launched my book wherever we roam. I wish it was more than what it is, with all our adventures but i wanted to let people see the reality in terms of the practicality of living this way not the romantic view so often portrayed. Is their a romantic side to it? yes it does have that as part of it. But it has it’s basic life elements there too like dishes and cooking and finding places to park. Anyway from what I have written in my book, I really was a bit reluctant to be living this way after working so hard to become normal or live an average life with normal aspirations. So I’m still torn between that and this way of living even now. I want to be doing something that will help my family for the future and I think buying some land and perhaps start a business would be a good family occupation. A common goal or purpose with the end result feeding the family and having a means for them to look after themselves when we have gone. Perhaps even just an inheritance. Then if they decide that they want to live this life they can choose for themselves. But what does traveling around like this really mean? What will they get out of it? What do we get from it? Is it just the length of time you travel that makes it different? I mean some people do this continuously around the world in cars caravans or on foot or perhaps it’s the group thing like the gypsy fair that give’s you an identity that you can partner with and feel like you belong. Perhaps much like those in the nzmca who go to all their gatherings and events. But we don’t seem to have fitted any ware really. We seem more adrift and disconnected from any one thing in particular. Perhaps it’s a question of faith? We used to go to church a lot until we couldn’t see enough of a reason to stay any longer. I still believe but since I didn’t see Christlike love there as much as churlishness I didn’t want to sit down on a chair every Sunday being talked at, preached at and encouraged to just keep going but seeing few real world results in people. It seemed like loves never that high on the agenda in practical terms. Just in words. I never felt judged as much by people outside as i do in church either. So since we couldn’t find it there we wanted to find it out here. It feels like people out here in the fringes of life somehow seem to care more about each other and those who have hardships. Perhaps it’s that we can identify with them more because of our own personal struggles or we can see the people who are in need as real not at a distance as you do when you see their plight through the television screen where everything seems more like its just about entertainment or we can act concerned but do nothing. We’ve done our bit for the night let’s go to bed. To say I feel a bit hopeless for some members of society would be putting it mildly.
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