“I’d like to repeat the advise that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have though of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiatives to change their situations because they are conditioned to a life of security conformity and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is has passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no grater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, of each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
Alex McCandless
3 comments:
I started reading "Into the Wild" and I must say it's really challenged me. Sometimes I wonder if you suppress the things in your heat and settle for the things people tell you are “of value” if that part of you dies.
I would tend to agree with that. I think we are often taught that we need to "grow up, get a good education so we can get a good job" so that we will have stability and security. It definitely tends to erode the part of our life that desires the unknown and the adventure of life to the point that we don't know how to find it, and even if we did, we are too tied down by out "security" that we can't pursue it.
I think our best words about this is just to do it....
Have a great adventure to Bolivia...
you're doing it.
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