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| Chris by the bus he lives in in Alaska |
I would like to be a lot like Chris except for a few things. He completely stopped all communication with his family, I wouldn't talk to mine much, but I wouldn't just disappear and not tell them anything. He went all by himself, I might want to go by myself for a little but I wouldn't be able to handle it, I would need someone I know with me, like a boyfriend or just a good friend. He also did not plan very well for many things, most of the time he turned out fine, but I just wouldn't be able to risk that. But he was brave, adventurous, curious, and he just took the world in. Being laid back isn't like me. I have serious anxiety so I may not be able to be completely like Chris but I want to be more like him. I want to take in everything as I go, meet thousands of new people, make hundreds of new friends, and be able to do what I want.
Chris listened to his heart I guess you could say. He found out what he wanted to do and he did it. He made his way across the border of Mexico in a small boat, he traveled all up and down the west coast, walking and getting rides from strangers, going wherever he decided to go, and he did whatever he wanted to do. He didn't seem afraid at all, it just seemed like he just took whatever life threw at him.
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| I'm not quite sure where he is, but its a cool picture. |
He turned his completely average life into something that I find extraordinary, which is another reason that I can connect to him. I have lived an average life, I go to school everyday, live in a nice house, have a loving and supportive family but now I'm ready for something else. A major reason for that is that I have struggled with depression for 4 years and I didn't feel much, I was sick of life and wanted out. Now that I remember what it's like to feel again, and am okay with being alive, I want to live. I want to meet all kinds of people from places all around the world, I want to see all of the places around the world, I want to hear others stories and maybe become a part of some of theirs. I just don't want to live an average life, I want to go out and life a life that I will not regret. I don't feel like Chris regretted his decisions, I feel like he was glad that he did what he did, he knew that things couldn't be changed, and once again, just took in life as it came at him.
