into the wild

i recently read a book called 'into the wild'. it left me wondering how certain people get to have such an exaggerated sense of adventure. you'll see what i mean when you read it. there is a powerful passage in the book which i wanted to share:

"I'd like to repeat the advice I gave you before, in that i think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing or been too hesitant to attempt. 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 damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of 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. If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty....Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon."

I think he might have a point. Though it was written by someone who dies, alone, in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness due to his passion for advenure and desire for a nomadic lifestyle. Anyway.