The Steward: A Parable for Those Who Tend the Future

The Steward is a modern myth told in parable form-for those awakening from the illusions of wealth, progress, and control.

It follows an unnamed traveler who leaves behind a village obsessed with accumulation to seek a deeper truth. Along the way, they encounter stone hoarders, debt cults, gold cities, and scarcity monks-each reflecting distorted relationships to life, value, and meaning.

What begins as a question-"What is wealth?"-becomes a quiet pilgrimage toward inner clarity, ecological belonging, and sacred reciprocity.

This is not a book of tips or teachings. It is a seed. A mirror. A transmission for those who sense another world is possible.

For readers of The Prophet, The Alchemist, and Braiding Sweetgrass, The Steward is an invitation to reclaim your place in the web of life, to tend what may outlast you, and to walk as if your footsteps matter.

The journey does not end here.

It never does.

How to Be Alive Press is a post-capitalist micro-publishing house exploring new ways of making meaning through language, art, and presence. We craft books, audio experiences, and tools for conscious rebels on the edge of transformation.