60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon was recently killed and 60 Minutes replayed a bunch of his most remarkable stories. The last one featured a semi-nomadic group living in the east called the Mokens. The Moken live primarily on lightly inhabitated islands and travel from island to island on hand-carved boats. The Mokens do not suffer the consequence of time. As Simon interviewed members of the community, he realized that they did not have words for hello and goodbye. No one in the community knows or cares his or her age. The Mokens have lived off instinct relatively untouched by modernity.
Their synchronicity with the insects, animals and the sea upon which they reside saved the tribe from destruction in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 that killed over 220,000 people. When the sea receded and animals reacted, the Mokens fled from their seashore village to higher ground and suffered not a single casualty. They relied upon instincts and connection with their world to sense trouble and act.
Although I am not advocating for life as a boat-bound nomad utilizing the services of a spear to catch breakfast each day, there is much to be learned from the Mokens. Allow your better instincts to flourish, stay in tune with nature and your surroundings and limit your suffering from the fiction of time.
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