“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.”

~Alex Supertramp

This quote said by Alex Supertramp is so true. People get so annoyed with the everyday life and yet they never try to do anything about it. The people just continue to live their life of security because they are afraid of what is out there for them to behold. Alex says, "So many people... 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...". To me, this means, they have been brought up being so protected by society that they don't want an adventure. Alex then said, "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." To me, he is saying that all men and woman have a desire to be adventurous but it is masked and shrouded by the need to have a "regular" life which makes the person end up viewing the life of adventure, through the peepholes of the masks, as "weird" and "unneeded". I think Alex says it is dangerous because not having adventure in your life takes away from your ingenuity and creativity, leaving you as a "normal" and nobody likes a "normal"...

"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 try to live this quote as best I can because it is absolutely true. It is a fact that when you experience new things, time seems to be moving slower and you are living longer compared to doing the same thing old thing over and over. This is so because the brain processes the new experience which give it that slow pace, giving you time to enjoy the moment while you process it. If you are constantly experiencing new events then you are constantly processing new things. If you are constantly processing new things then life moves slower. If life moves slower, the more you enjoy it.

Alex exemplified this by Giving up his "regular" life after college to go on an adventure. He was one of the few people that was unhappy with their life in society and decided to actually do something about it and instead of finding his peace of mind in a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, he finds it in a life of adventure. He went out into the world and traveled as far as he could. He went to Mexico, California, South Dakota, and many other places to experience new events and see a new sun rise everywhere he went.

My life has definitely adapted to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism. I find safety in living life like a "regular" and think it would be absurd to stray away from this life because I would not know what to do with myself. I wouldn't know how to survive. If Alex heard me say this he would probably question me, asking questions like: "Are you really happy with your life?", "Could you be happier in a different life?", or "Have you really ever thought about escaping that life?". I believe he would ask me these type of questions to see if I really was all for the life of a "regular". I believe he would tell me to just follow my heart and to do what makes me happy. Alex isn't a bossy guy so he wouldn't push for me to follow his type of lifestyle. I'm sure he would believe in my to make the right decision...