ike lili li kama e pakala suli tawa jan lili.

These are the words as recovered from the awoken well:

jan Palipan li pana e poki pan tawa jan Sipi. jan Sipi li toki e ni: pona! jan Palipan li toki e ni: jan li pakala tan seme? jan Sipi li kama jo e pan tan poki. ona li toki e ni:

pan ni li pakala lon tenpo ale. sina ken awen e pan. taso ni li kama pakala.

jan Palipan li toki e ni: jan li ken pali e seme? jan Sipi li moku e pan. ona li toki e ni:

o pali e pan sin lon tenpo suno ale.

Here follows a relaxed translation:

Palipan gives Tipi a basket of bread. Tipi thanks Palipan. Palipan then asks: “Why do we suffer?” Tipi takes a piece of bread and says: “This bread will always get moldy.” “Even if you protect it very well, it will eventually perish.” Palipan asks: “What can we do?” Tipi eats the bread. Bake new bread every day.

Associative musings:

Everyone is broken if you look with appropriate eyes. Some are more acutely aware of this than others and some hide it better. Some fractures are bigger than others but that’s just a matter of relative size and how well you zoom in. It is not outlandish to assume that the most persistent breakages occur at a young age, because the mental and physical development is such that your identity and well-being is fused with your surroundings and people around you and there is no strong agency yet.

Even in the most loving and protective household a minor incident, accident or raising of voice can be traumatic and everlasting. Left at its own accord, like in any free chaotic system, the eventual outcome can be small or huge and be highly unpredictable. Instead of putting to much effort into preventing all possible fractures at the start, it might be better to treat every day as a chance to deal with the things you can deal with.

Read an older koan (A knife does not need to cut itself. The self does not need to notice itself.)