I'm away in Calgary for my teaching practicum, being billeted with some nice people that I only just met today. I sleep in the room that used to belong to their youngest daughter. I think we would have been friends. Everything about her room is artsy.
Written on her little red stool, I found the quote above in the title that came from this longer quote I just googled:
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take
the initiative to change their situation 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
dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.
The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for
adventure”
-Alexander Supertramp, Into the Wild
It's a new favourite. I find so much truth in it and it encourages me because I have no idea where I'm going or what I'm doing after I graduate next December. Fun!
Here's another quote of hers that I like: "forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet". I like it because it reminds me of the days I spent visiting the beautiful world of Zimbabwe back in 1997 as a kid. I like the philosophical idea of what's real. Always trying to get close to what's real. Real feet touching real dirt, not interrupted by fancy shoes or whatever else our developing world claims to offer. Just embracing simplicity and being human. Sometime I think we forget how to do that, even me.
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