Ki te pēhea koe i te whakaputu mai i ngā awhe ki te tirotiro, ki te whakawehewehe i te wai, me te tirotiro ki te whenua, E hiahia ana koe ki te whakatū i tētahi papa kerekere māwhero katoa ngā marama ki runga i te mea kāore he mahi nui? Ki te mōhio koe ki te 'ae', ka waatea tonu te wā ki te whakaaro i te whenua hou mai i Yingming! Ka ea ki a koe te orooro, ka taea e koe hoki te whakamahi i tō wāhi aoao.
Ko te whenua hou he whakaaetanga nui ki papa rereti hangarara makawe o te whenua, nā tēnei ka hokona he 0% i ngā mahi whakahaere. Ki te whai koe i te makawe hokohoko mō tō marae, ka pai koe ki te kī atu e kore nei koe e hiahiatia ana ki te tohu, te waihanga me te whakarongo. Whakaaro he mea nui kāore koe e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā pūngāwe e takahi ana, heoi ērā pūkeka whero e horo ana i te mana o tō whenua. E kaha ana te makawe hokohoko ki te kowhatu me te aroha mai i ngā rā katoa. Ko tēnā hei whakaaturanga, ka whai koe i tētahi whenua nui kāore koe e tāngainga ana i ngā awhe.
Ki te whakarite a Yingming i te whenua hokohoko, ka taea e koe te whakaaetanga i ngā mahi katoa e hiahiatia ana hei tiaki i te marae heru. Kaore e hiahia ana koe ki ngā tongonga o te wiki nei ki te pīrangi rānei, he mahi nui nō reira e āheinga i a koe i ngā mahi waiata. Ko tēnā e whakaae ana i a koe kia noho, kia māraro, me te hanga mihi i roto i tō marae me ō hoa me ō whānau. Tēnā pea ka whakaaro koe pēhea te wa e mau nei ki a koe pūputu rerenga whakarawea murumuru kia whawhai ki ngā kēmu rānei me te kai i runga i te marae, ināianei ka mahi! He pai rawa te whenua hokohoko mō ngā tamariki me ngā manu whenua, nā tērā ka tuku mai i a rātou he wāhi māku, māku kia haere, kia whawhai, me te waiata.
Tētahi o ngā paenga nui rawa o te whenua hokohoko ko whakatakoto heru whenua kaoe i a koe te whakaiti moni i te wā roa. Kaore koe e hiahiatia ana ngā tari whakahaere marae, pērā i ngā poraka me ngā tiheru, ka pai rawa atu. Ā, kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te hoko ngā rongoā whenua rānei. Ki te mēre ki te oneone hōu, ka whakatūria e koe i a ia, ka noho ai koe i tōu mārae nui nei kei te iti rawa te mahi. Ko tēnā he oranga tuatahi motuhake mo to koe ki te whai i ētahi atu mea ngenge!
Te painga tuatahi o te oneone hōu ko tēnā, ka noho kēhua me te ora tonu i waenganui i ngā tau. Ka kitea ai tōu mārae hei whakarite i te mārama me te pai tonu, ahakoa te wāhanga rānei, mata raupapa mō ngā whare whakapai me te mea kaore i pai te taiao. Kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te mahi i runga i ngā papa whero i te tawa, rānei i ngā papa horo i te makariri. Tīmata mai ki tēnā ki te kite i hea i tēnā ka taea e te oneone hōu i a Yingming mo tōu whenua. Mōhio anō ki te whakaaro nei, he pai rawa ko te whai i tētahi wā kēhua hei whakarite i te āhuatanga o te rangi, ki te ua, ki te huka, ki te rāwhiti?
Kāore te whenua hou whakamahiti nei i te mea kia whakaitihia mai ana ngā mahi me ngā moni; ka taea hoki e koe te whakatipu i tō wāhi aoao. Ka taea e koe te whai i tētahi wāhi kerekere māwhero hei whakatipu i tō paku, pēnei i te mea kāore he nui ngā wāhi o tō marae rānei, he wāhi nui whakarawea rānei. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi hei wāhi pai mō ngā hui whānau, ngā kai kiwi, rānei ko te noho i te uru rā. Ki te āhei, e maha ana ngā tae me ngā tohu kia tīkina, ka ea. rerenga wera tūroro mō ngā kuri ka taea e ia te āheinga i tō marae kia pai ai te tirohanga i a koe. Ka taea e koe te hanga i tētahi wāhi e kitea ana he waiora koe i ia wā e haere ana ki waho.