{"id":1794,"date":"2014-06-08T00:21:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayatlin.wordpress.com\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:02:57","slug":"dineega-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athabascanwoman.com\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Dineega Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend, Paul John, owns<\/span> Dineega Clothing<\/a>, an Alaska Native apparel company based in Fairbanks. He has some great traditional Athabascan designs on his t-shirt. Over the past several months, I have been following his company on Facebook. I love the way he shares a little bit about Athabascan history, culture and traditions. He manages to be inspirational while sharing life lessons and advice. He posts historical photos and quotes.<\/span><\/p>\n

PJ has given me permission to share some of his posts on the Athabascan Woman Blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“A typical scene at Ruby, Alaska.” Photo courtesy of archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Early 1900’s Ruby<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Abraham Lincoln so profoundly said, \u201cWe are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Happiness is the result of personal choice and effort. You fight for happiness, strive for it, switch careers, build relationships, and sometimes even reinvent your lifestyle entirely as you uncover it. Why? Because you have to actively participate in the manifestations of your own joys and good fortunes \u2013 they are not ready-made for the taking; they are available for the making.<\/p>\n

Ironically, a big part of this is simply doing your very best and then letting go and trusting that things will work out the way they\u2019re supposed to, without trying to control every little detail of the outcome. Instead of expecting to always get what you want, you appreciate the journey enough to want what you get. The joy of the freedom this brings gradually becomes more pleasurable than the outcome itself.<\/p>\n

Ruby Alaska early 1900’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

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