Empowered to be you!

After a week in Alaska, I noticed that the focus is more on individual; than blending in. The more you notice nature; the more you notice the nature of each individual.

And, the race to compete monetarily is obsolete.  In fact, it seems wasteful to own things that are not pertinent to your survival and creature comforts.  

To be off the beaten path in so many ways.

It seems your passion is all you need to follow…and explore.

Even the trees seem to be exaggerating their differences…or, perhaps these forests accept the oddballs as wonderful additions to their landscape.

I believe, that there are folks among us, who just can't find their step with the music of the rat race called life.  And, they find they can march to their own beat up here…and blend in when doing so.

I talked to a woman, who came here 37 years ago.  She came on vacation, met and fell in love with a fishing boat captain.  They parted ways, in three years, but she stayed.  She winters in Hawaii.  In the summer, she is on the Spit in Homer selling her Art along with fellow artists.

She said many of the folks in Homer, head out to parts unknown each fall. And each fall it may be a new place.  I told her, they have to be very comfortable and even friends with the Unknown.

A life of an eternal wanderer….except that Alaska is one place they all come back to.

At first I thought of them as less fortunate; but most are choosing to follow a life that is creative unknown.  To explore new parts of the world…traveling light.

Alaska makes no obligations on them…its wild nature matches their own.

The expectation only lies within you. You hear your own beat and step accordingly…

Being yourself eliminates the quandary of getting dressed. You dress for the weather and the activity….period.

It appears foolish to prance around in fashion, instead of practicality.

Alaska allows you to restore who you were born to be.

It strengthens you with its harshness.

It settles you with its beauty.

It puts life into perspective with its very majestic mountains.

What concerns you….disappears in its grandness!   Your greatness overshadows what you perceived as wrong.

Alaska heals and re-balances you…allowing you to truly feel empowered to be you!