“Each of us has our definition of adventure: ending an unsatisfying
relationship, returning to school, parachute jumping or training for a
marathon. Go ahead. Get your thrill on.”
Source: Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
“When my muffin top makes an appearance after a dedicated weekend of pizza indulging, when I feel too tired to write and all my words sound boring, when my students aren’t laughing at my jokes, I am still enough.”
Source: Don't Pee in the Wetsuit: A Worldwide Romp Through Grief, Laughter and Forgiveness
“The seemingly impossible is not the path of the least resistance, but definitely the most rewarding one. Believe that it’s going to happen and tell everyone it’s going happen. Then it will happen. You just need willpower, determination and a smile on your face.”
Source: Ocean Nomad | The Complete Atlantic Sailing Crew Guide - How to Catch a Ride & Contribute to a Healthier Ocean
“If you have ever wanted to visit somewhere completely wild – away from services, roads, people, and all signs of humanity – head to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, one of Earth's last true wilderness places.”
Source: A Year in the National Parks: The Greatest American Road Trip
“As he spoke these words, a giant wave, just like the one in Katsushika Hokusai’s, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” rippled in below the lofty ledge.
Chaiya saw a thousand images in a second.
“Brothers!” he shouted.
“Brothers! Brothers! Brothers!…”
His voice echoed and vibrated through their hearts.
They were all wide awake.
“The presence in the cave will swallow us up,” Chaiya thought.”
Source: The Cave
“To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others.”
“You have to get lost before you can be found.”
Source: Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal
“They were wandering around for about half an hour; then they crawled along the river bank, trembling both because of fear and the cold wind which blew stronger at night.
It seemed like the rustling reeds were whispering, trying to say something… which seemed even scarier.
Emily began silently—just in her thoughts—talking to the heavens asking for help, as she normally did in situations like that.”
Source: The Adventures of Emily Smyth and Billy Fifer
“There is in me an insatiable thirst for a quest. For discovering things greater than ourselves. Beyond that is a murky darkness which beckons me to its call. I seek movement for movement's sake. There is no destination except the verb of motion...I seek to dive into the unknown and allow its wisdom to take me away. And when it is finished with me, it will bring me back and things will never be the same again.”
Source: Chapter One: Costa Rica
“My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind