Words: Patrick
Do you ever sit at your desk, hypnotised by a computer screen, and just think there’s more? There must be more? Thought so.
Yes, we have to be realistic – we can’t get swept into a whirlwind of clichés referencing carpe diem and life being too short. There are men we’d rather be, but for most ‘living the dream’ remains a dream. We fall into a routine of commuting and working, striving to make ends meet and then splurging on a big holiday in August.
We’re not for one moment suggesting that you should run over to your boss, throw your letter of resignation in their face and then proudly stroll out of the building while ripping off you tie and high-fiving your ex-colleagues as you go. Although, on second thoughts…
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous
“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you travelled.” – Mohamed
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” – Ray Bradbury
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
(Image: Patrick Tillard)
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