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42: THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE

27 November, 2007

The spirit of adventure

The spirit of adventure is the motivation, the courage, and the will, to face the unknown. It is the determination, and the perseverance, to push on and find out what is or lies beyond the horizon. It is the powerful and irresistable force that enabled Christopher Columbus to discover America (or so we are told or made to believe), even though it was by accident, none the less; he was trying to find a sea route to India.

Actually, America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, and this exposes a riddle that has never been, or will ever be, solved

It is the same force that enabled the pilgrims to brave the dangers of such a long and tire-some journey, filled with God knows what, to go and settle there. And, later on, it is the same force that enabled the pioneers to move on, and found the several states of the U.S.A. that we know today. It is the same force that enabled Man to protect himself from the elements, to discover the treatment and cure for the many diseases that plague Man- kind, to invent new and highly efficient and precise machines and tools, and to discover new and highly potent drugs and medicines. Man is exploring the seas and the oceans; diving and plunging down into the depths, trying to find out more, if not everything, about this planet, earth. He is even far more curious about the cosmos or universe, and is now exploring space in all its immensity, majesty, and awesomeness, trying to find out if there are other life forms out there, somewhere. So, I think and believe that, the spirit of adventure is the product of great courage, stubbornness, not a little foolishness and fool-hardiness, relentlessness and recklessness, and strong curiousity, because, like my late beloved Mama would say: "Son; they say that curiousity kills the cat, but they seem to forget that sometimes, curiousity fills the cat."

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