Why Explore? "We could allow ourselves to be consumed by modern day living or we could choose instead to evolve. Instead of reality television we can seek out the reality in the world around us – the unexplored wilderness containing mysteries and secrets ages old. A little understanding grants us, as individuals and as a species, the knowledge to make informed decisions about who we are where we want to be. ... Sometimes the only way we can understand where we are, and where we are headed, is to commune with the landscape beneath us with our own two feet. Even where the only risk is failure, the rewards for taking on new challenges are significant. We find out more about ourselves in adversity than in comfort. In a world bereft of heroes, the time to be inspired by those willing to seek adventure is ripe. ... Rather than living life through the looking glass of contrived dramas written for our amusement, we can create our own, real-life screenplay which will sear onto our memories high-definition images we see with our own eyes, rather than through the eyes of a director/writer we do not even know or who may not share the same ideals and priorities as us. Adventure is, as [British polar explorer Ben] Saunders puts it “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Or perhaps, put another way, adventure allows us to see through the prism of our daily existence and understand with crystal clarity who we really are. Yet, it need not be a high-profile, sponsored expedition which is the most valuable to the individual – simply pushing your own envelope will change the way you view your place in the world and bring huge personal satisfaction. And for that reason alone, none of the adventure we seek is frivolous." via: sidetracked.co.uk/why-explore/
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:23:21 +0000
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