“Yes, it is indeed true that to boldly venture forth always causes anxiety and often brings discomfort, and yet to not venture forth with such courage is to suffer a far worse fate. It is to lose one’s true self. It is to wallow in vapid days devoid of meaning. In effect it is to die before one’s actual death … As such, life should never be a journey made with the intention of arriving safely in a body healthy or well-preserved, but rather should be lived all out and engaged at full throttle, so that at the end one slides into death broadside in a thick cloud of smoke — thoroughly used up and totally worn out; with hands raised high while exuberantly proclaiming “My God! What a Ride!” … So even though I truly know absolutely nothing with any certainty that awaits me on horizons near or far, I will bravely stride each day towards them nonetheless; with a huge smile on my face and full-bore laughter in my Heart.” ~ inspired by S. Kierkegaard, H.S. Thompson, & Herman Melville

Filed under: Peace Pilgrimage #02: Walking HOME (2019) by Scaughdt