Into the Wild

“Just remember if you want something in life reach out and grab it!” – Alexander Supertramp

I watched "Into the Wild" this week.  Its about a boy who graduates college, donates all his savings to feed the poor, and then goes off exploring, experiencing the wild, and just living freely.  He changes his name and doesn't tell anybody where he is going.  All he really knows is that he's headed for Alaska.  His radical choices are in response to a life of being forced to live up to others expectations of who he should be and a breaking free from the cage he felt trapped in as a child growing up in an abusive home.  He said and did a lot of things I could really relate to.    There have been quite a few times in my life when I've felt like if I could just get away for a while and not tell anyone where I'm going or what I'm doing then I could get a fresh start on life, live freely and be the real me. One of my favorite parts of the movie is when he quotes Henry David Thoreau saying "Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth."

"The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences"

"It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations. Absolute freedom."

"God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things."