Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread

[AxelHeyst]

Peter Lindberg's article Overwise, underlived today seemed to fit here best.

“Overwise.” What a good word. I’ll understand it as having excessive knowledge about living while lacking the embodied wisdom from the lessons of doing things, making mistakes, and being foolish.

An adjacent phrase: “underlived,” which I’ve seen defined as “to live in an overcautious or unfulfilling manner.” While the underlived are not always overwise, the overwise are always underlived. The lived do not have time for the excessive thinking that leads to overwisdom.

[Western Red Cedar]

I recently heard an interview with Daniel Troia about a film he made about cycling across the US with no food or money. Here is a trailer for the film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8s_1p09P60

"We Are All In This Together" traces Daniel Troia's cross-country bike journey with no food, no money and search for human connection. The film captures the interactions that Troia has with the people who lend a helping hand and shows that those who face the most adversity in their lives, often have the most to give.

Here is the interview I heard:

https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/bicycling-the-usa/

He also has a film available on YouTube about his tour through Europe (Two Wheels to Freedom):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bw-6gYdqNw

[Ego]

What a nice kid!

Back in the early 90s, Mrs. Ego and I went to the author talk and signing at a local bookstore for The Kindness of Strangers, the book that motivated him to do his journey. I remember leaving the bookstore really troubled by the story he told. While the message was inspiring, I couldn't get past the fact that he was begging for help, mostly from people who did not have the means to help themselves.

Basically, this kid did the same thing, but I like him and I like what he did. I am not sure why the two strike me as different. Anyway... good for him!

[Western Red Cedar]

While the message was inspiring, I couldn't get past the fact that he was begging for help, mostly from people who did not have the means to help themselves.

Basically, this kid did the same thing, but I like him and I like what he did. I am not sure why the two strike me as different. Anyway... good for him!

They discuss this dynamic a little in the interview with Rolf Potts. His plan for riding across the US was to rely heavily on dumpster diving, and to a lesser extent a network of friends, people on social media, and the broader cycling community.

They talked about the fact that those with the least to offer were often the first to offer up help. He wouldn't even be asking for anything, but other homeless would offer food or water when they saw him on the street. After talking with some of them, he realized that it was important that he accept their help, because it was a way in which they could be of service and maintain some of their own humanity.

[Ego]

I look forward to following this one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q5C7sCVoac