The world is a different place when you measure your lighting ability by the energy stored in a battery. When you have to go outside to refill your water or use a toilet. When you get water from a well in 10 gallon increments. When you have to run a generator to get water from the well.
I’d been used to flicking a switch for light, opening a tap for water, walking a few barefoot feet to use the bathroom - but now I’m getting used to something else.
I notice the periods of this earth more. When it gets light. When it gets dark. What the stars look like. When the moon comes and goes.
When I wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I hope it’s not raining; because these things matter now.
When I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I take a moment to look at the stars. When there’s no other large lights nearby, they’re really beautiful. Bright jewels scattered across the carpet of the night.
I see shooting stars when I dump the water we’ve used to wash our dishes.
This life that we’re currently living is very different from how we’ve lived before.
Since we started out camping, moving into a trailer is a big step. You realize how nice it is to have a 4 burner stove, rather than a 2 burner one. To be able to cook food without going outside. How warm it is with more insulation than a thin piece of canvas around you. How nice it is to not worry about whether the tent will leak if it rains.
It really puts a different perspective on life. It makes us appreciate things more for how they are. It makes us stop and look more, be more a part of the world, rather than just living on it.
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