Go as a pilgrim and seek out danger
far from the comfort
and the well
lit avenues of life.
Pit your every soul against the unknown
and seek
stimulation in the comfort of the brave.
Experience cold, hunger, heat and
thirst
and survive to see
another challenge
and another dawn.
Only
then will you be at peace
with yourself
and be able to know and to
say;
“I look down the farthest side of the mountain,
fulfilled and
understanding all,
and truly content that
I lived a full life and
one
that was my own choice”
- James Elroy Flecker from the poem play ‘Hassan’