Article: Find your Howl
In the first story in Flaum's article, Mumon-one of only a few remaining red wolves remaining in the wild- is brought into captivity in order to preserve his species. Scheduled feeding times and shielding from the danger of the wilderness to keep him alive creates a life of safety for him, and over time he loses his ability to howl, an essential part of survival for the wolf pack. Once released back into the wild, Mumon forgets and becomes fearful/shameful about what it is that is his purpose, and must find his howl. Experiences like hunting a deer, being shot at by a fearful man, speaking with ravens about finding his howl, lead him on the path of facing his fears head on of leaving safety and gaining his freedom, of what he's supposed to be. This story's message is gaining enlightenment, freedom, your purpose, you must go through hardships of facing fears and finding yourself, before you achieving it.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-John Lennon
I really like this lyric from John Lennon's song "Beautiful Boy," which I think was his way of expressing his excitement and joy that will come to him watching his son Sean grow as a person and experiencing life with him. The lyric to me means you don't realize it, and you may strive for more and more in life, but all you experience and go through is part of what makes up your life. You want to do more and more to fulfill and do as much in your life as you can and define you as a person. I think John really wanted to be apart of who Sean would become as he went through more and more in life. While you’re busy doing everything in life, experiencing many things, making other plans, you’re really living your life, life is what happens.
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