Welcome to the first edition of Moondance Leader Profiles! We thought we'd use the blog to help highlight the awesome folks who provide the Moondance experience, so we'll be checking in with our summer staff periodically to give you a better glimpse of the folks behind The Dance!
First up, Scott Joseph from Bloomfield Hills, MI. Scott heard about Moondance from a former Moondance leader and applied after completing his NOLS Patagonia course in May of 2012. He's a Jack of All Trades - whether it's trekking to Everest Base Camp or running the Detroit Half Marathon - Scott puts his heart and soul into every endeavor, and we were so happy to have had him on board as our Costa Rica Venture 1 & 2 male leader for 2012.
We thought we'd check in with Scott and ask him a few questions. Enjoy!
Age: 26
Education (HS and college): Wylie E Groves High School / Davenport University
Summers with Moondance: 1 - Costa Rica Venture 2012
Favorite book: On The Road, by Jack Kerouac
Favorite movie: "City of God"
Favorite song: "Lovely Day" - Bill Withers
Dream Moondance Trip: Kilimanjaro
Favorite place you've ever traveled: Luang Prabang, Laos
Motto for living life: “I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter.
We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.
For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves.”
- James Kavanaugh
