To say that Alaska is wild, that Alaska is big, that Alaska is beautiful is sort of like saying the most gloriously beautiful sunset - one of those that invite you to remember Gerald Manley Hopkin's "all the earth is alive with the grandeur of God" poem - is just a sunset.
You see, Alaska - in all of its glorious wildness - has a heartbeat that drums so strongly of Creator and Created that it cannot be ignored. Dancing with God is easy when the beat is so compelling, the rhythm so pure, and distractions so far away.
Without internet or cell phone craving my attention, my soul was able to soak in the breath of Creator just by relaxing into the rhythm of The Wild.
At Lake Eklutna, I breathed deeply of the Spirit - absorbing the powerful energy of the mountains and still lake. Dancing here always brings my heartbeat into the rhythm of Creation and the depths of my soul in sync with the Source of All.
Looking out the window of our son's remote cabin, I danced with
a mother grizzly and her cubs as they touched the earth lightly with their humongous feet, so comfortable in this wild place - which belongs more to them than Ben.
Alaska so reminds me that Creation is far bigger than me. We humans are such a tiny part of the universe, yet we seem to think it belongs to us. In Alaska, it is apparent that it doesn't. I am continually humbled by this...
I believe, more than anything, Alaska enables me to remember a place I existed long before I was born to this earth. Wild Alaska sings the distant parts of me back together into the exquisite whole of me. Perhaps I am one who needs to touch the earth to remember the breath of God, the rhythm of Spirit, and my place in the universe. I don't know....I just know that remembering is very, very good!