Burkina Faso

I am off into the great unknown.

I left the US for Guinea with 80 lbs worth of stuff.

I leave Mali for my new country with a week's worth of clothes, a headlamp, a nalgene, a pair of sandals, and a pair of running shoes. I left so much behind at my village to be given away.

It is a lesson in attachment.
It is a lesson in letting go.
It is a lesson in living at the bare minimum.

I use to say that air, water, food, shelter, and human companionship were the only things I ever wanted or needed in life.

It is being tested.
I wonder if it is still true.