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transient-high: 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, comformity, 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 his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.  -CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS the man “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” - Thoreau “I went into the woods… to suck all the marrow out of life.” - Thoreau “Two roads diverged in a wood / And I, I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference.” - Frost (I did not take the time to look up the exact quotations. Yet.)

transient-high:

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, comformity, 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 his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. 

-CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS

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“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” - Thoreau

“I went into the woods… to suck all the marrow out of life.” - Thoreau

“Two roads diverged in a wood / And I, I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference.” - Frost

(I did not take the time to look up the exact quotations. Yet.)

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It’s like it’s about me. But it’s not.

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Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded of my brother who died of ALS at the age of 47. He spent the last 6 years of his life in nursing homes where the care, supervision and meals were abysmal. One of his former roommates was smoking a cigarette, fell asleep and burned to death because his diaper caught fire. Another roommate went home for the weekend to visit his mother and committed suicide in the garage of her home so that he wouldn’t have to return to the nursing home. I have to say that in all the years my brother was there I never once saw a group of conservatives out in front of the building shouting slogans about the sanctity of life and how all lives - no matter what age - are meaningful. I never once saw a group of evangelicals visiting with patients, pushing wheelchairs, or feeding the elderly residents. There were no Rick Santorums advocating on behalf of my brother who several years before had been a pro golfer and was still the father of two adorable young boys. When conservatives and evangelicals understand that ALL life really is sacred, including that of the elderly, the permanently disabled, the terminally ill, and the women and children who accidentally get bombed in the course of a war, then maybe I’ll listen to their opinions on contraceptives and/or abortion. For now, however, this is really just a politically heated argument about women’s reproductive rights and who gets to control those rights.

The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com

YES. 

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This is from the COMMENTS of the article. The piece itself was typical bulls*** by the end.

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Wow. Perfect.

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chaplinnn: wheelsforwings: i went to college with a guy named Tom Lynch. we both majored in animation, and aside from being a really awesome dude, he’s probably the most talented illustrator i’ve ever met.  This.

chaplinnn:

wheelsforwings: i went to college with a guy named Tom Lynch. we both majored in animation, and aside from being a really awesome dude, he’s probably the most talented illustrator i’ve ever met. 

This.

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in dire need just look in the mirror. on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/16920722 Yeah, I almost never post stuff like this. Maybe it’s because I’m up so early. I do like this, though.

in dire need just look in the mirror. on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/16920722

Yeah, I almost never post stuff like this. Maybe it’s because I’m up so early. I do like this, though.

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Although I’ve never heard of Kurt Vonnecut, I do like this quote. I wonder if Vonnegut knows someone is usurping his name? ib4: Yes, I know it’s a typo and that Vonnegut is dead. It’s called sarcasm, and no, I’ve never been that funny.

Although I’ve never heard of Kurt Vonnecut, I do like this quote. I wonder if Vonnegut knows someone is usurping his name?

ib4: Yes, I know it’s a typo and that Vonnegut is dead. It’s called sarcasm, and no, I’ve never been that funny.

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The greatest scientists have been struck by how strange this is. There is no logical necessity for a universe that obeys rules, let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics. This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn’t have to behave this way. It is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, or even a universe in which things pop in and out of existence.
Dinesh D’Souza in What’s So Great about Christianity, as quoted in Does God Exist - Six Reasons to Believe that God is Really There - Existence of God - Proof of God
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The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion…The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen.
Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described agnostic, in Robert Jastrow; “Message from Professor Robert Jastrow”; LeaderU.com; 2002, as quoted in Does God Exist - Six Reasons to Believe that God is Really There - Existence of God - Proof of God
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If we would only give the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life that we give to the question of what to do with two weeks’ vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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usgroovykids:

““Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us.””
—Dan Brown 

Yeah… Mr. Brown? I grew up in pants (rarely denim), shoes, and a bad haircut, learning my English well. As a teen, I rebelled with a mullet, shorts, snide T-shirts, wooden cross necklace, & a strong preference for Spanish. Now, I miss long hair & Spanish (dearly), but I’ll keep my sideburns, gotee, muscle shirts, & sandals or Vibram FiveFingers, thank you very much.

And how about gravitating toward that location where I was raised (which you did not mention)? I would so love to be out of Ohio and Amish Country. I’m not here by choice, but out of financial necessity. I’ve wanted out of this miserable area since I was brought here at the age of 11.

I suppose, although this seems to refute Dan Brown’s assertion, it is a fairly accurate metaphor of my religious journey.

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