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The Twenty-Ninth Day The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger
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“There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell; and with these in mind I say: Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“The purpose of a journey is to experience those things that can’t be explained and to forge the memories that will never be forgotten, the ones that change you forever.”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“Dubawnt, Kunwak, and Kazan Rivers.”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“Dubawnt River, to the Kunwak and Kazan rivers, to Baker Lake,”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“This is a fine chance to let go, to “win my life by losing it,” which means not recklessness but acceptance, not passivity but nonattachment. —Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is. —Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
“robe, the tiny purple amulet looking heavy between his bulging knuckles. I remembered a relevant lesson about worry and the needless suffering that it causes. We worry about so many things in life, and in most cases, there is no reason for it. If something we’re dealing with is worrisome, better to transfer that worry into action and confront or prepare for the circumstance. If it is out of our control entirely, then we can’t influence the outcome anyway, no matter how much we let it consume us—so we shouldn’t let it occupy our minds.”
Alex Messenger, The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra