That first moment you glimpse your destiny - that cosmic bolt hit you yet?

01 December 2007

It began by accident, as all good cosmic coincidences must. That zap! when Purpose manifests in your life. Purpose - your reason for being here. But think about this: purpose is actually a journey that unfolds as you move along its path, not just a single blunt statement of what you are meant to do with your life. If you're currently lost, unhappy, stumbling through life, or just floating through your days without any particular passion driving you, watching precious time dissolve into the ether, then perhaps joining us on this journey may be more rewarding than you expect.

Daniel, himself stumbling through life with a heart ten times too big for his body, came upon the little community featured here while he was on one of his rescue missions.

He was returning three runaways to their home, after several months on the street, when he ran into Palhaco and everything turned upside down.

Palhaco? [pronounced pal-YAH-so]. "Palhaco" is Portuguese for "clown".

A nickname has to be earned, and then you carry it for life. The whole neighbourhood quickly adopts a nick, and a given name disappears. Often people don't recognise a child when mentioned by given name! It's a cultural thing.
 
The first time Daniel stepped into Palhaco's home he was made very welcome. The family are warm and loving, kind and generous people. They have a place in my heart forever. The family is, however, a tad dysfunctional, but nothing a little support and guidance cannot redress.
 
The childrens' hair was crawling with nits. They were covered in sores and bites: flea, mosquito and other unmentionables. Diogo [Monstrinho] was burning up with a fever and his body was one raw ugly rash.
 
Nothing a trip to the chemist wouldn't fix, but there was no money for that. New to the area, Daniel asked where the nearest chemist was. Palhaco offered to take him.
 
Thirty minutes later, after threading their way through a maze of back streets in 38C heat, Daniel finally woke up. He had just fallen victim to a classic piece of Brazilian culture. Brazilians hate not to know something, so if they are asked a question they always give an answer. When asking directions here, it is wise to ask several people and then take the most popular answer as a possibility!
 
"Matheus, you have no idea where the chemist is, have you?"
 
He looks at the ground. "No," he says sheepishly. [That's him below.]
 
"You clown." Daniel ruffled his hair, and the name stuck.
 

Well, what's it all about anyway, coming right down to it. What twist of fate has your son stretched out on top of a comfortable bed slaughtering intruders on his laptop, while little Palhaco shits in a bucket [already half-full, he isn't the first to use it today] with not the faintest idea of which button would even switch on the computer.

What fate giveth, doth fate taketh away? A creepy thought, that. Something to work on, perhaps...


May your journey through this blog build you credits in the cosmic way of things.

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