When you make it to Alaska you must venture south to a town called Seward. This place looks right out of The Lord Of The Rings! Sky scraping mountains with snow covered tops, turbulant white caps unleashing on top of bright blue waters are just the first destination. About 10 miles north lies Exit Glacier, a sight you must behold. The surrounding area of the glacier is a forest in it's infancy, grayish rivers with black sand and quite possibly bear or moose.
It's in places like these where you are so inspired that the weight of the world vanishes. All those trivial worries are gone as you stand in a land carved by glaciers. It really puts things into perspective - I'm alive and right now everything is good. It makes you really forget about the rat race and all that pointless office drama. When it comes down to it, we are just animals who play games like status and success. Enjoy the real things in life.
On another note while at the glacier, I heard this 20 something tour guide talk to a family about her routine. She basically said that she wasn't sure what career to go after so in the meantime she was traveling and doing things she always wanted. I think it's a great thing to admit that you're lost. We are all lost. Embrace it and do things that you wouldn't normally do. I can't stand it when people are too proud to admit that they are lost. They are so obsessed with keeping that image that they will sacrifice their life in the attempt to impress others. It's all a waste of time. Don't stay in that job if it's solely for status. Everybody with that success 24/7 mindset is too self involved to care about your accomplishments.
When are you going to drop it all and buy that plane ticket?
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