The Way Chris Sees Life.

 

“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 dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a 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.”

 

What Chris wants to get across is that everybody is forced to live a safe life a life where everyday is a routine. Boring, risk free and the same as the day before. He believes that each person should have an adventure and go out of the normal. Everyone should a different experience each day because everyday thats the same is boring and safe. Experience the risk of life, be happy with your life. Happiness comes from the different things that happen everyday. Chris is right. People that are not happy with their lives don't change them because they become use to their lives but thats not living at all. People need to experience new things, enjoy the wonders of life. Live life to the fulliest.

 

Chris embraced this by leaving everything in his life and going on his own. Shutting everyone off and just living his life the way he wanted to live it. Chris had canoed his way into Mexico even though he got lost he kept going. He had risked going on to strangers cars! He meet so many people who had grown to love him but he left before he cared to much. He didnt want to become attached.

My life has been conditioned to a life of security, conformity and conservation because everything is given to me. I do what is expected never what I want. I go by the rules and play it safe. I don't take risks I do what is safe. If i meet Chris I know he would ask why? Why do I do whats safe? Why do I live this way? The safe way. He would probably encourage me to take risks, to go on an adventure, to be free and to do what I want. To do what I've always wanted to do. To live my life not the life people expect and want me to live.

Poems ~

Universal Freedom Is

Freedom from hunger and freedom from pain
freedom from loss and so freedom from gain.
Freedom to give and freedom to share
freedom from want and that of despair.

Freedom to think and freedom to know
freedom to achieve and freedom to grow.
Freedom from bondage and freedom of liberation
freedom from ignorance and any unknown situation.

Freedom to come and freedom to leave
freedom to stay and freedom to conceive.
Freedom from struggle and freedom of ease
freedom to enjoy and the capacity to please.

Freedom from failure and freedom of success
freedom from denial and freedom of access.
Freedom from illusion and freedom of reality
freedom to become what we are in actuality.

Freedom to live and freedom to die
freedom to laugh and freedom to cry.
Freedom to speak and freedom to listen
freedom to act based on a wise decision.

Freedom from hate and freedom of love
freedom of below and freedom of above.
Freedom of the past and freedom of the present
freedom of the future and what it can represent.

Freedom from war and freedom of peace
freedom to begin and freedom to cease.
Freedom from sickness and freedom of health
freedom from poverty and mishandled wealth.

Freedom from wrong and freedom being right
freedom of the day and freedom of the night.
Freedom to choose and freedom to reject
freedom to imagine what there is to expect.

Freedom from lust and freedom from greed
freedom from anger and freedom from breed.
Freedom from jealousy and freedom from pride
freedom from within and freedom from outside.
Freedom of always not having anything to hide.

Freedom from space and also freedom from time
freedom from attachment and freedom from crime
Freedom to work and freedom to play
freedom to believe and freedom to pray.
Freedom to experience a rebirth someday.

Freedom from the body and freedom from the mind
freedom from the ego and freedom from being blind.
Freedom of transcendence being of the spiritual kind.

Universal freedom is eternal and infinite bliss
we should all therefore be able to realise this.

George Krokos

The poem is about freedom from everything, not having any rules to follow, doing what you please, what makes you happy. Chris wanted to be free from everything! He wanted to be free he wanted to be alone. He didnt want to get to close to anybody, he didnt want to be with his family. To live a life without worries. Be on his own follow his own rules and live his life to the fulliest. To be free.


What Is The Value Of Money?

Money we all know is a medium of exchange
Buyers and sellers relate to each other through money
The question here is – what is the value of money?
Few say money is the root of all evil
Many say money is the root of prosperity
And how valuable is money
Almost everything is measured by money
People go to work everyday because of money
Wealth of individuals is measured by money
All purchases and transactions are made by money
Every country has a name for its own money
The importance of some countries
In based on the value of their money
What is the value of money?
The rise and fall of foreign exchange
Is used to measure the value of money
Success to many is also measured by money
Corporate positions are measured by money
There are some people who marry for money
What is the value of money?
To many, money is everything
You cannot get many things done without money
Many have pondered and contemplated to ask
Can human beings live without money?
Then, how shall we determine and decide
The prices of individuals and materials
Differences between the rich and the poor
Are calculated in monetary terms
The power bestowed by money
Seems bigger than imagined

Julius Babarinsa

The poem asks what the value of money is and to Chris money had no value because he even burned his money. He liked finding food on his own like berries. He didn't like to rely on money he liked working for things. Things getting difficult was more exciting to him. Having money makes things easier for him and he doesn't like that. He said in one of his letters to wayne " Sometimes I wish I had'nt meet you though. Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless ans had to forage around for my next meal."

The Adventure

I've had enough! I've had it with my parents always criticizing every single thing I do. All I do and its not good enough for them. Good grades, helping with my siblings and basically trying to help with what ever I can. In two days I turn 18. I just graduated from high school last week. I'm leaving. I'm going to California where in California I don't know yet. Ill know when I get there. I've been saving up money for emergencies for a while now. I'm taking my old black car. I've had it ever since I could drive and i love that car.
" I'm going to New York in two days to look at colleges I could go to." " On your birthday? I'll go with you." my mother said. " No I want to go on my own and walk around see everything thoroughly." "You want money?" " No thanks, I'm going to bed."
Friday Morning was the day. I got ready and grabbed the book bag I packed the day before. In it was tooth paste, toothbrush, a comb, ponytails, money, license, some clothes a map and a camera. I wasn't planning on saying good bye in person but my little sister is my love and i gave her a big hug and kiss and gave her a letter.
" Dale a mami camila, te quiero mucho."
As I got in to my car i saw her waving from the car, that little girl is everything to me how could I leave her? Tears started rolling down my cheeks. "I'll be back." I whispered. I started driving trying to see which way to go. I drove for hours. Thinking about everything. Finally I stopped in West Virginia. I slept in my car to save money, it was cold and lonely.
In Colorado I stopped at a Mexican restaurant. This girl walked up to me and asked if I was alone. " Yes, why?" " Me too, can I join you?" She was 17 years old she had long black hair was a bit taller than me and she was from New Jersey too. We talked for awhile about many things mainly about what we was doing so far away from home. She was here because her family moved when she was 15. I went to the bathroom when I came back she was gone, and so was my backpack.
In panic, I yelled for them to call the police! The police came after 10 minutes. I made a police report but I knew my things were lost for good, What now? All this for nothing? I had to keep going, that wasn't going to stop me. In the car I started thinking about what was going on at home. My mom's probably freaking out! The letter I gave my sister would definitely have them going crazy.
The letter said:
I'm going away for a while, I need to get away. I need some time for myself. I love you guys. Don't worry about me I'll be fine.
Yeah, I know they'll freak out but I didn't know what to say. I drove until my gas was almost empty.( Good thing I fueled it up before I got to the restaurant) Las Vegas. First time ever here. All the lights that lit up the night it was beautiful. I need to find a job at least to get money for food. I got a job as a waitress in a fancy restaurant. I'm trying my best to not waist money and save it as much as possible. Two weeks and I had made $600 but only had $450 left. I bought what had been taken away and a camera but good thing I still have the memory chip. I took it off when it wasn't working properly and put it in my pocket.
Now off to California! I drove for 2 days. Finally got there and stopped at a cafe. I decided to call my parents to let them know I'm okay but I knew my little sister would answer since its after 5 and shes probably doing her homework in the living room.
"Camila?" "yes?" "Its aydee" " AYDEE! I MISS YOU! Mami its aydeee!" " Camila shhh! " " Mami says where are you?" "Tell her I'm okay" " Where are you! You got robbed?! In Colorado?! You've been gone for a month! We have the police looking for you!"
I hang up. She's always yelling, why can't she ask me to go back? Ask if I'm okay? Tell me things will get better? She doesn't understand me not her and not my dad.
 I see a paper on the floor it says John Muir Wilderness. I ask people about it and they tell me that's its this trail where you see the most beautiful things ever. That's where I'm going. As soon as I get there, there is a sign that says John  Muir Wilderness National Forest. Walking here is the most peaceful thing ever. Its absolutely gorgeous. But my family oh how i miss them. This is what I wanted though. All this peace and just to be on my own. Yet it didn't feel right. It took going across the country to know how much they meant to me. All families have problems and i love my parents. I just needed this time alone to get myself together. I have this amazing view in front of me but i wish i could share it with them. It's time to go back.

The Death of Audrey Mestre.

   Was Audrey Mestre murdered or was she killed accidentally by her competitive husband Francisco Ferrars? Audrey became a world record setting free diver after marrying Pipen (Fransisco Ferrars) another free diver. Together they started traveling and breaking record. She started training so she could hold her breathe longer under water. Each passing day she became better. Audrey even became the fifth deepest diver of both male and female with 427 ft. On the other hand Pipen wasn't patient he wanted to be better go deeper. It went to the point were his life was seriously in danger and he could not dive anymore. He said that he took her in as a student and she became the teacher. She was good really good and he knew it.

Pipen disagreed with some of the safety regulations of  AIDA which was required for a certification of record dives. So he formed the International Association of free diving(IAFD) She had become a no limit diver to be closer to him to know what was it that caused him to love what he said. Before Audrey's last dive Pipen was the one who was going to go for it but she wanted to protect him so she said she would dive 561ft. He knew she could do it and maybe his competitive side kicked in because he started increasing the numbers. He even wanted her to pass his record because he knew he could pass hers. But maybe he couldn't.

The weather that day was horrible and he knew he should of stopped it but he didn't. It was his job along with other crew members to check the equipment. But they had got him "angry" by placing two decouping devices on the sled wrong during dive, so he made them go away. Suspiciously right before he was suppose to check the valve. He was suppose to check the air in the tank by checking the pressure but he heard a hiss and then closed it. He also didn't replace two of the safety divers who had died.

When Audrey reached her goal she tried to inflate the bag but it wouldn't. When Pascal one of the safety divers slowly went up to pass her to the next safety diver there was nobody there... But Pipen had gone in to get her but it was to late more than 8 minute's had passed since she took her last breathe. It was to late. Audrey Mestre was murdered. Her husband knew how good she was and how much better she was than him. He couldn't dive and that made him angry! She could do it but he couldn't do it. It wasn't fair to him. So he killed her. He killed the only person who could beat him because he was obsessed with being the best. No matter what the consequences were. And he did it.