Reid Wiseman

And I could see, like, these ones look closer.

These ones look like they're further.

But I wasn't just viewing this diorama.

I was in the diorama.

And to have the Earth and the moon and all of that juxtaposition, I don't have the words, but it was this three-dimensional, the three-dimensionality of it that just every time I saw that and perceived it, I was awestruck.

Oh yeah, so that was something that was shared with me from an indigenous elder at the Turtle Lodge that created this mission patch for the Canaan aspect of the mission.

And each of these, there's like seven animals, they represent the seven sacred laws, but there's one teaching that I really love and it's the teaching of the beaver and it's that

The beaver is a special gift.

Of course, it can chew down trees.

Nothing else can chew down trees.

But it has the wisdom to know how to use its gift to change its environment in a manner that supports others in bringing their gifts to the world.

You know, that question I really answered when I went on the vision quest with this elder.

And that was the question I was really struggling with at that time.

And the sort of the epiphany I had was that, you know, Jeremy, you don't carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Your job every day is to wake up, to try to leave the world better than you found it, to try to contribute your energy in a way that lifts others up.

And that is where you source your joy.

And if everybody just tries to do that simple thing, it's just not as hard as we make it.

If you try to do that simple thing, you can have joy.

Surprisingly, I mean, we joked before we went.

I mean, I would often say, I'm sure when they open that hatch on day 10 that we will be ready to get out.