Hindering Instincts

“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. 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.” 

          I believe that Chris says that every human being is born with the instincts to explore. Man kind is a race driven curiosity, adventurous tendencies, the endurance towards new things, and be spontaneous. Although in modern society we are comforted by law, rules, and security. This hinders humanity to follow their intuition, they are willed to stay within their comfort zones. They feel secure with the knowledge of their futures. That an unknown and unpredictable future would be unfavorable and filled with regret. Humanity knows full well that nothing in life is free or without consequences. And so can one conclude that fear prevents us from doing what we meant to do. Only a brave person, a person with nothing to lose, a person with everything to gain, a person with compassion can do what Chris did.

          Chris was true to his word he abide by his own rules. Chris stripped himself of all security, conformity, and conservatism so that it would not hold him back. He discarded these things so that he wouldn't have a reason to return. He made his life hard, he filled it with obstacles, he made sure that his future would remain uncertain, unsecured, and unpredictable so that each day would be adventurous and free. He went our of his way to make unpredictable things happen, so that he'd encounter new things, experience new feelings, meet new people. This would be another reason on why he'd leave people when he felt as though things became too comforting. He wanted a hard life style, and to 'see a new sun everyday.'

          My life has been conditioned to life by security, conformity and conservatism. I was raised to believe in the social status, that the life I built so far was the life I was to keep building. That the path I've paved so far will continue towards normality, towards an average job, average life style, and average death. If I was to have meet Chris he would've informed me of my flaws. He'd rant on the unjust society, the society that defined normality, the society that hindered bolder steps, a society that is becoming corrupt. He'd probably encourage me to rethink my life style and try to change it. Try to be bolder, noticeable, and ignore those that disagree with changing humanity. He'd want to see change so by changing one person, that person would change two others, from then on slowly would humanity see its own flaws and attempt to fix it.