You Cant Cross The Sea Merely By Standing And Staring At The Water

This metaphor is emphasizing the idea that if one waits to long to take action then he or she may lose the chance to act on his or her desires. Furthermore, a metaphor that reveals the brevity of life is “Thus, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make it run” (Marvell 45-46). This metaphor describes how time is always moving. It is expressing the idea that one needs to make the most out of the time he or she has because time itself cannot be stopped.

But, to see the bigger picture, we need to be willing to try new things and to step out into new surrounding. In extreme sports, people step into new challenges every day fearing the worst but knowing what they are capable of. These athletes are making the choice to make their lives meaningful and they want to look back knowing they didn’t waste their life prolonging it without a goal. In the article “ Why do extreme athletes like Dean Potter risk their lives?” Frank Farley states “ They don’t have a death wish; they have a life wish, they don’t want to die and they don’t expect to die”.

Notably, people are disinclined to fix what is not broken, only when faced with an obstacle do they act. For example, in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s desire for the love of Daisy Buchanan was the impetus for his quest to live an affluent life through any means possible. He would not have taken advantage of his resources if not faced with the complication of how to procure Daisy’s attention. In brief, without a challenge people will be unable to find a way to utilize their talents.

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water,” by Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath’s quote means

One's goals are never reached unless we are willing to face fears. The proverb totally applies to his situation as things become their very worst before they get better. The alchemist left Santiago alone because every person's journey is an individual one; no one can help you realize your own dreams.

This quote gives me inspiration in almost all aspects of its very own definition. When I read this quote, I can feel a spark inside of me, a light flickers on and instructs me to stay determined and remain optimistic throughout any obstacle, challenge, or even triumph that occurs in my life. I know I can accomplish anything as long as I set my mind to it. Nothing can stop the power of the limitless human mind. This quote inspires me in the same way that the Sun’s gravity affects Earth. The Sun (quote) has a powerful force of gravity (inspiration), constantly applied to the Earth (me), causing the Earth (me) to stay on track and always drive

Krakauer was fascinated by mountain climbing from a young age. “How would it feel, I wondered over and over, to be on that thumbnail-thin summit ridge, worrying over the storm clouds building on the horizon, hunched against the wind and dunning cold, contemplating the horrible drop on either side?” Asked Krakauer. He had received a book as a child that was full of information about mountain climbing, and he was fascinated. Krakauer was glued to his book for the next decade, until he finally decided to put his dreams into action. When he was twenty

Life is beautiful and mysterious. Therefore, there are things that seem to happen like what we expect but it actually results oppositely. The more we expect the more disappointed we will get when the outcome turns out wrong. That is the lesson I learned from reading the four essays by Chuck Klosterman: What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson, Through a Glass, Blindly, Passion of the Garth and “Ha ha,” he said. ”Ha ha”.

The quote is a representation of willpower and

Society has led us to believe that what doesn't kill you actually makes you stronger. That there is no gain without pain. That a man’s blood, sweat, and tears will be all worth the struggle. The Roman poet Horace even once said that adversity can bring out talents which in a successful environment, would not exist. With all these assurances that difficult circumstances will meritable, it is hard to picture Horace’s statement being challenged.

This quote is found in first part of the book in chapter two. I chose this quote because this relates to me, if I put effort and hard work I can do. Just like if Pi he did not any put effort he would have not become a good swimmer but he did same with me even if it is towards my academics or extracurricular, you still have put the same time and effort no matter what you are doing you can accomplish with right mindset. Also, I know that it is hard work but in the end you will be glad that you put effort and time. When I compete for anything I want to give 100% whatever I am doing.

“If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.” (Richard M. Nixon). In his investigative biography, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, expresses that even though young people can be ignorant and take treacherous risks, these can be used as knowledge enhancers and can be life changers. Krakauer gives us insight by giving examples of what risk really are, how people take them, and how it actually affects those people. Throughout the whole book, there are instances where Krakauer uses real life examples of things that have happened where people have taken risks and the outcomes of that. In general, one has to take risks in life to truly find oneself and Krakauer says “It can be argued that youthful derring-do is in fact evolutionarily adaptive, a behavior encoded in our genes” (182). Krakauer explains that for teenagers the idea of doing outrageous things comes easily to them because it’s only natural for them. Krakauer explains that for teenagers, doing crazy things is due to the fact that adventure lives in their blood and this has been going on for many centuries. For a teenager death and injury seems like a joke, they don 't even consider these, the absence of fear of death makes them feel invincible and causing them to take so many risks. There are so many examples in history of young people who have left so much behind only to start what they would believe is a new life. Krakauer includes a whole two

In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, A young man named Chris McCandless decides to escape the annoyance of his current life and live on the road, he pursues an incredible journey of adventure, danger and companionship. McCandless is a narcissist and believes that he can overcome any challenges that he faces because he is independent and is smarter than the average person. Krakauer emphasizes that arrogance will lead to failure in life; Just like McCandless believed everything was going to work it ultimately caused his death. He directs his message to any adventurers seeking to begin a journey on the road. If one is focused and clear minded they will survive and experience a life changing pilgrimage, if one is egotistic and unorganized they will encounter a fatal tragedy. Krakauer’s message relates to his own personal experience, John Waterman’s climb, Gene Rosellini’s experiment and my own personal experience with my friends.

This phrase is saying that with the monotony of the world, you can still have a good life, but you must work for it.

In the year 1953, late May, two climbers finally reached the summit of their expeditions. Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay gazed down from the tallest summit on earth at the valleys surrounding them and sighed a breath of relief, as they were the first people to ever ascend the beast known as Everest. 46 years later Jon Krakauer’s book “Into Thin Air” tells of the harrowing and demanding road to the peak of Everest. I bet you are probably thinking what would prompt these smart men and women to put themselves into such a hard and narrowly survivable situation. In this paper we will go over a couple of the reasons that causes people to climb Everest. First personal achievement, Secondly glory and fame, and Third Adrenaline rush or The pull