A Vision

The moon story was a catalyst. It was not until I finished the last state of my 50 state journey, when I was in Alaska, that I had the revelation that I wanted to experience the Earth from space and experience the overview effect coined by Frank White. I did not even know what the overview effect was. I did not have the language for what I felt in my body. It was a felt sensation of floating in space and looking down at the Earth because I had achieved a dream I once thought was impossible, going to all 50 states. I was standing on the edge of a mountain in Alaska, in tears, realizing that I had achieved this childhood dream, that I was here in America and finishing my 50th state. That was when the dream emerged because I was afraid. I was deeply afraid to finish my 50th state, and I stopped at 49. For years I did not move because I feared that if I achieved my dream, I would not have another one. I did not know what kind of dream would come next. The new dream only revealed itself after I had accomplished my current dream. That dream was to experience space and to experience our interconnectedness from the skies.