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Christopher McCandless Quotes: Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.
         

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.


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Don´t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.



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You don't need human relationships to be happy, God has placed it all around us.



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...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.



We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.



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I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.



If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.

If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.



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Some people feel like they don't deserve love so they walk quietly into the empty spaces.



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The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.



I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!

I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!



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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation.





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