Thursday, January 03, 2008

“...happiness is only real when shared...”

Into the Wild-- story of Christopher McCandless

“...happiness is only real when shared...”
please Hashem help us live and experience it now! on every page..

beautiful post from blogger live free:
...I am one of those men blessed with a spirit of freedom that cannot be contained, as my thirst for adventure cannot be satisfied by the trivial pursuit of life's end. Rather I find myself living for those moments that make my heart gallup faster as my chest rises and falls with a heavy breath of life. I find myself in love with a God who created me to dream, created me to dare, and created me to be free.

I find myself led into the wild.

Not some wilderness or expanse of lonely majesty, but rather the wild... the uncharted territory of my future, a future that has yet to be laid out. Here at the edge of this great world I boldly stand up with eyes wide forward, searching, seeking for that Truth that gave me the courage to rise at all. Before me stands the wild, and with my burdens bared and yoked next to me, I step forward in the boldness and strength that is not my own.

And the best part of it is that I have people to share my happiness with. "Happiness is real when it is shared." People will never forget the happiness you've shared with them... so let my life be just that; a joy in community.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you read the book,
or seen the movie?

4:35 AM  
Blogger הצעיר שלמה בן רפאל לבית שריקי ס"ט said...

"I find myself in love with a God who created me to dream, created me to dare, and created me to be free."- צ"ע. G-d 'created' people to go on adventures? Some (stricter Rabinical opinions) say over-traveling is a representation of the free-spirit of the 'nefesh', which needs to be at least somewhat supressed.

So, uh, I'm not supporting the idea of calling 'tiyul' a 'ta'ava' that's bordering on 'assur', like some some early 'chasidei ashkenaz' authers, but I also wouldn't agree with this guy that G-d 'created man to adventure'. This whole thing obviously needs a bit more pondering though...

7:28 AM  
Blogger truelife said...

yes. yes.
I've started reading the book several times.. on numerous trips leather tramping across the country... wow! the memories it brings back.. I never got to read the book entirely--
I was there --
in the wild--
living it--
now that I am in the city-- I miss it so--I just found out about the movie last week and not being out there -- I only watch it and try to reconnect.. in my thoughts and visualizations.. It was very powerful!.. but we forget.. and need to .....
I don't know. Baruch Hashem I am enjoying this too.. and maybe the truth is it's all here?..
Nothing has to change... yet everything changes...

11:34 PM  
Blogger truelife said...

(shriki)
I don’t really get your comment... Hashem sent us all here.. on an awesome life adventure ... free to reveal His holiness…

11:55 PM  

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