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Do you have what it takes?
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Do you think you have what it takes to survive? Imagine this scenario: You are lost in the bush, it’s starting to get dark, you have no food, no water and have hurt your ankle. Morale is low, your phone is dead and there’s no reception out here anyway. What would you do to survive the night, and potentially the many days and nights that follow?
People have overcome much worse, like Juliane Koepcke who survived a plane crash when she was just a teenager, falling two miles still strapped to her plane seat, into the Peruvian jungle. Or Steven Callahan, who spent 76 days adrift at sea aboard an inflatable life raft. Their stories, alongside many others, have elements of these key themes, with number one being surprisingly simple!
1. The ‘will to live’
You can have all the equipment and know-how in the world, but if you don’t have the grit and determination that you are going to make it, you probably won’t. People have sadly perished because they simply gave up hope. You need to keep that fire inside you going with the will to live — because you can, and you must!
