Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.

To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily.

There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever be able to achieve. Isn't that what we're all searching for in life? To just be happy and content in the moment, to just be there in the "now"?

But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.