This and the Wilderness

There is a special place in their hearts Americans hold wilderness. It is the embodiment of what our country was and our views and the complete picture of the ability of building your future from nothing but untamed wilderness. Its the beginning of the new year and the time to reflect on last and hope for better next year. I cant help but look in the mirror make-up less and smile. I dont see my reflection but that of my mother who passed away last year see that same fluffy hair and the small nose, but after the tears and the 'why now's now I have an angel looking out for me. I never lost anything but my hope maybe it didnt turn out with my plans but I wouldnt change it for fear I would loose what has made that year. The wilderness is the dream it is the unbound romantic world that we strive for. As we have covered the earth we have looked and claimed, fenced and bordered, divided and abused we now are searching for those places where you can see the same land that was here when humans first touched it. This wilderness is gone for many. For very few can say they have seen endless places that are untouched and unclaimed. For those of us who are lost in finding an empty clean slate to set down our futures on we have ourselves. It is within us that we have this chance to build a future. You are not just a single person you are a chance a random act of nature that brought you to this world now make your future make your mark on the earth. I dare you to be remembered in the same way we remember and cherish the first pioneers. Random acts that led me here, to the people who closed doors in my face, snapped my dreams, drove me to the end of my wits, all the acts that tested me I thank you because you changed me in 2010 and now in 2011 I have a new set of even greater unmanageable goals.