(ad)venture

one way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
(william feather)

and believe me, the secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
(friedrich nietzsche)

trust me, twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, and catch the trade winds in your sails...
explore, dream, and discover.
(mark twain)

you see, security is mostly a superstition. it does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
(helen keller)

and after all, i believe that life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "wow, what a ride!"
(anonymous)

we shouldn't be simply living the length of our life, but also the width of it as well.
(diane ackerman)

the tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
(w. m. lewis)

a ship might be safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for, are they?
(john a. shedd)

the above photo is taken along highway no. 9 near taroko national park, taiwan.

and i am in the process of planning for a backpacking trip (tentatively in may this year), that will take me around the whole of taiwan on a motorcycle.

perhaps when i pass by this exact place, i might have a sense of deja vu (:

(ad)venture!

follow through, make your dreams come true

don't give up the fight, it will be alright

'cause there's no one like you

in the universe

don't be afraid, of what your mind conceives

you should make a stand, stand up for what you believe

and tonight we can truly say

together we're invincible

and during the struggle, they will pull us down

but please, please let's use this chance to turn things around

and tonight we can truly say

together we're invincible

do it on your own, it makes no difference to me

what you leave behind, what you choose to be

and whatever they say

your soul's unbreakable