More PBS Freeloading

Have I mentioned that I am not a contributor to PBS? Yet it seems most of the television shows that I bother mentioning in this blog come from there. Hmmm. Anyway there was a great documentary about Dorothy Molter last night. Don't know who she was? Don't feel bad because I didn't either until I watched the documentary.

For those of us who love the outdoors and the wild, this woman really lived "The life." In this day and age where we are fascinated with stories of success, attend efficiency seminars and read books on how to do more in less time, we really have shifted our perspective on the signifigance of contentment in our lives. The prevailing wisdom these days is that contentment is the end and success is the means. But to Dorothy Molter, success was the end and contentment was the means. She was happy with where she was and what she had. She demonstrated that you don't need to be successful in order to be content, you need to be content in order to be successful. You don't see very many people who can walk that talk, and that makes Dorothy Molter a hero in my eyes.

The documentary is called "DOROTHY MOLTER Living in the Boundary Waters" and according to the PBS web site it's not scheduled to run again anytime soon (At least in the Twin Cities market). You can shell out $33 to buy the video online or you can just stop by the Dorothy Molter museum the next time that you pass through Ely.