Malia Miles Lane is an adventurer. As a young woman, she moved to Hawaii without a job or a home because she always wanted to explore the islands. She trusted that she would land on her feet, and she did. And as a 50-year-old, she walked away from a house and career, bought an RV, and hit the road because she always wanted to travel and see the country. She trusted that she would learn to drive a big rig and manage all the situations that could pop up as a solo RVer, and she did. Malia thirsted to see and experience more than her life in Austin as a legal secretary permitted, but as she points out in this memoir, she was not without fear in seeking a more adventurous life. She realized, though, that while she couldn’t be completely fearless in following her dreams, she could learn to fear less through her faith in God and in herself. Having fear was not a failing, but allowing that fear to get in the way of chasing her dreams was.
While this book isn’t a chronological account of her life on the road—you can read her blog for that—it does explore Malia’s growth as she learned to count on herself to handle the problems she encountered as she traveled and not to compromise the joy she had in her adventures. The last chapter recounts her latest challenge—a recent diagnosis of lung cancer—and her decision not to seek treatment for it. While she is not without fear about her prognosis, her decision reflects her determination not to compromise the quality of her life, the same drive that has governed her adventures on the road. Malia named her RV “Inspiration,” but she herself is the real inspiration as she encourages us all to fear less in living our best lives.
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