Alaska Roam School

Wanderers Creed

Let us not be tied down by clocks, schedules, rules, dictates. Let us remember who we were before we learned these things. We are the masters of our own existence.

Let us conjure the spirit of Whitman, who roamed the streets of Manhattan, and combed through every tiny seed that sparked his interest. Let us approach the world with the same vigor and intensity.

Let us allow our wild spirits to roam unfettered and unbound. Let us roar and howl and voice our deepest yearning without caring what others will think about us.

Let us investigate, explore, uncover. Let us follow every lead that we find interesting. There is no limit to our curiosity.

Let us explore our own inner wildness and wand through its tangled brambles. We will emerge knowing that we are stronger and more powerful that we thought.

Let us teach ourselves what we most need to learn. Let us create our own tools and use them in our travels. Let us know deeply that we have everything we need.

Let us remember that things are not what make us fulfilled. Experiences are.

Let us disrupt the everyday banality and reinvent the world in our own image. We are not a target market.

Let us create a bond with the unknown wilderness we are about to enter into even though it might scare us a little.

Let us make peace with our fears and remind ourselves that they hold no power over us. They are just thoughts, not reality.

Let us come to understand that we are immensely powerful, and that through our wandering we will change the world.

-Keri Smith, The Wander Society