.18%
What does this number represent?
This is the percent of people who live in the city of Banff compared to the number of people who visit the national park each year. 7,847 population with over 4.2 million visitors each year.
Can you imagine being this .18%?
I often got questions like “Was it weird having 5 older sisters and no brothers”? It was an interesting thought. While yes it probably was weird, it was all I knew, so it didn’t feel like it was weird.
Perhaps that is what the native Banffianites (?) feel. It seems like it should be weird, but it’s all they know. Being surrounded in such beautiful country. Millions of tourists each year invading their home town.
They are .18%, but to them, they’re 100%, because they are all they’ve ever been.
Sometimes a minority doesn’t have to feel alone. Sometimes the minority can feel power in being the minority.
If you’re the .18% of something, feel the power in it. Feel the unique experiences you have over the other 99.82%.