Day Three: Alabama

**Disclaimer: This entry was composed at 6:38 AM on Sunday May 18, 2008. However, due to the restrictions of “primitive camping” I was unable to post it until now.**

Its amazing to think about all the things you can learn about yourself when surrounded for extensive amounts of time by complete strangers. Instances such as these allow your soul to separate from your body and take a step back. In that instant you have the ability to absorb knowledge that would have otherwise gone unseen. Under these circumstances your senses are heightened, your perception is pin-point on target, a feat that many people will aspire to, yet never attain. 

Im privileged to have had the opportunity see myself through unbiased eyes. Every surface, corner, and crevasse has been analyzed. Im noticing and finally understanding my faults for the first time. Im beginning to recognize who I am rather than who others think I am. My life is about me, and what I make of it. Not for someone else to decide. 

At dinner last night I began my friendship with one of the individuals I met yesterday. He was talking about how he sold his house, in exchange for a trailer, in order to become closer to the Earth. He explained that he took everything out of the trailer in order to sleep on the floor, and consequently has not been happier. Ever. I cant even put into words the thoughts that were going through my head at that dinner table. At first I could not even comprehend why anyone would put him or her self in that situation willingly. And then everything clicked. This man is so in touch with himself, with his soul, that he needs nothing extra. All material possessions just began to get in his way, Limiting his creativity, affecting his art, decreasing his productivity. And it amazes me that he was able to see that and also take action to correct it. I am astonished.

Hopefully one day I am able to have a similar revelation. To be able to understand what is holding me back, and adjust that area of my life. But until that instance, Im going to make due with what I have, with what I know.