Chapter One. From the aurora to the stars.

One of the many stories about how to find your vocation even after you was going on a wrong way (it took 8 years of my life). If you are feeling that you are wasting your time on the unloved job, just leave it, and don't be afraid to learning.

Long nights, short days

I was lucky to be born in July, because it happened in the city behind Arctic-circle, Murmansk. Its Sami land, with many lakes and harsh climate, therein winters lasts 7-8 months. From December to January, the sun doesn’t appear, its called Polar Night, but instead of the sun you can see the Northern lights every day. I had saw it so many times, more than sunrises in my life. And there is one month in summer, when sun never go down, its called Polar day.

My mother all her life work in city library, and father was a seaman. They had divorced, when I was 6. My mother, with me and my sister stayed in Murmansk, and father went to USA. After several years he has came back to Russia, and made business with good money. I will not tell how hard was life in Russia, after the collapse of the USSR. I think all my generation used to work in early teenage, and count on themselves. Anyway I had beautiful childhood.

I remember in childhood we take special light-baths in winter to get D-vitamins. Even found a photo in web how it looks:)

The prophecy of the shaman.

About 2 years ago mother told me one story: One day was exposition about Sami life in their library. There was old Sami shaman and when he had saw my mother he approached to her and said:

I see you have 2 kids, daughter and son. Your daughter will always give you a calm and stability, she always will do all that you want, and will be happy. You will never worry about her future.
And your son will never listen to you, you will always disturb about him. Don’t angry on him, just support and believe. After all troubles, he will become happy too.

Shaman was right. Few times mother even took me from police (not my fault). I wasn't a bad guy, just playful...

I had never felt the fear of big cities, just don’t like noises of it. Even now, after 15 years living in megapolis my north nature always call me back in to the silence and harmony.

In the first entering I had failed exams. I didn’t expect that it will be so hard, but i stayed for the next year and started training for the next try. In the second time it was easy to passed...

to be continued