The book’s quotable quote:
Where are all the men in the world…?
: You have made them women.
Not to undermine the importance of women, but we are just not the same. Women are born to be noticed, to be appreciated, and loved. Men are born to be wild!
We want to be the one to rescue the fair damsel from the castle prison or slay the dragon. Women want to be the one to be appreciated and rescued by her knight in shining armor.
What’s the point then?
The second line in the quote above shows the effect of establishment. We are imprisoned by the dictates of our society. I noticed my nephews want to play with guns, Counterstrike, Halo 3, and the like and what do I hear from their parents? Don’t play with guns, don’t watch violent movies, and so on. They try to suppress the wild hearts of men. They make them timid, lame, wimpy, and meek. How can you slay the dragon thinking of non-violence, and trying to remember that the left hand SHOULD hold the fork and that your pinky finger should stick out when placing the tea cup down? To top of it all, he’ll look barbaric if his fingernails get dirty.
So, how to slay a dragon? Do it with your wild heart then get a manicure later.
The gist of the book speaks of nurture killing nature. society and Religion killed the passion of men and women such that they are both… bored and tired. Check the Bible, you will see the passionate entries which include bosoms, “gardens”, “fruits”, “nectar”, and such passionate songs by ye ol’ wise man himself, Solomon and even God himself approved of such passionate acts.
If that’s not wild, then I do not know what wild is.
Anyway, the post is in light of my previous adventures. The book is timed right for me to read because when I think of hiking, swimming, diving–anything which would be an outdoor adventure, I just light up and feel elated. The book rationalizes this craving for adventure, dangers and excitement included.
Men are indeed “Wild at Heart”, let us be what we are made to be, or be stuck mild and meek rather than a wild and crazy guy.
Now I know why good guys finish last.
On the side note, it is very applicable on video gaming. I mean, why do men love video games so much? (more than women i might add). Well to me its sort of a replacement. I love guns because when i took rotc and had rifle training. We were given 10 live rounds (the trip to the ship was lame because we did not go to the battleship) . I could never forget those moments… now video games serve as a reminder of that time
which is why i have fun. Oh lets not forget the good feeling we get when kicking other people’s ass at it.
Applicable in all aspects indeed. There is something inside me that wants to go back to nature, all that rugged outdoor adventures that will take you away from the civilized life.
I also remembered the particular saying:
“I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
-Henry David Thoreau
another is “The Road not Taken”
Two roads diverged in a woods, and I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
and
“The Forest: I need it to breath, to feel, to know I’m alive!”
-Ken Aldrich
Why are they in the woods? There is something wild in them.
Boom!!!! hahahaha
pero iba pa rin ang squatter sa wild!!! owwwwww…
fuck authority!!! Hail anarchy!!
It reminds me of the Born to be Wild song LOL.