In the article above, Jonathan Flaum's tale about one's journey to find their "howl" is truly inspirational.
The story is about one of the last remaining red wolves in existence, Mumon. In the 1970's their species was extinct so they took the remaining 14 into captivity. When they had their offspring, they were released into the wild as an experiment. But the one thing that was wrong with them was that they forgot how to howl. And without this ability, their was no leader, and therefore they didn't have any guide and didn't know how to work as a normal and efficient pack. So because of this inability, Mumon, on of the members of the wold pack, goes on a journey into the forest to find his howl. As he journey's he starts to become hungry but cant find food. He see's a deer and starts to chase after it, eventually catching it. he doesn't know how he did it because he's used to his food being given to him. as he eats the deer he can feel the natural instinct coming to him, and as he runs into other animals in the forrest, they exchange inspirational thoughts with him as he is determined to find his howl. his journey ends when he meets a hunter who shoots him, but then is surrounded by his wolf pack, as this symbolizes him becoming the leader of his pack, as he finally finds his howl after his toil through the forrest.
From this story, Flaum stresses the point that we need to differentiate from the norm in order to find our howl, or our true inspiration and purpose in life. Mumon could've starved and sat around until he was taken back into captivity, but he journey'd into the forrest, with no idea or direction to where he was going. Yet what he was looking for came to him, as he let his instincts take over his actions. Flaum wants us to find what is holding us back, be it our job, marriage, or overall identity, and break away from it. Go do something that you normally wouldn't, because it could lead you down the path to success and happiness.
One quote that really speaks to me is one from a song that i have referenced in another blog post of mine, "Bullet" by Hollywood Undead. "If you can't dream then whats life mean?", is the line, and it reminds me of one of my other big inspirations, Walt Disney. If you have a goal in life, you've dreamnt about it before, fascinated about what it'd be like if you reached that goal. And if you can't picture yourself reaching that goal and being in that place, you'll never reach it. It's hard to come up with ideas if you can't dream, and dreaming helps separate you from reality, something that a lot of people need to do every now and then.
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