Free Spirit means more Brain

I have always loved watching movies where people climb mountains, ride bikes cross country, go globetrotting or deep diving in the open ocean. To name a few are– Touching the Void, The World’s Fastest Indian, Motorcycle Diaries etc. Very recently I happened to watch the movie “One Week” where this guy has a month to live because he has a deadly cancer. Then all of a sudden he decides to ride a bike to the Pacific coast. Importantly - he goes ahead to do whatever he always wanted to do. Most of you who have watched and loved such movies know how much of our emotion kicks in while watching them. During the course of the movie you start thinking about a similar feat that you always wanted to achieve even if you are not suffering with cancer. Your mind runs across all the adventurous journeys you always wanted to do. By the time the move reaches its climax, you would have selected the location. The crucial stage is when the movie gets over. At this point of time if were able to pack our bag and leave then the chances of achieving your destiny is 90%. If you get down to planning, the chances are 30%. If your mom or wife (did not mean a gender bias) happen to see your plan then chances become less than 3%. All in all, only a handful amongst us would ultimately utilize the opportunity to go out of their usual ways to satisfy their soul. For others who did not utilize the opportunity created by the chemical secretion of the glands while watching the movie would simply end up writing a good review on rotten tomato or facebook a.k.a. back to routine life (includes me). There were a number of questions in my head.
Why do people want to take such quest? What are the limiting factors? What does one gain or lose from it? Do other living beings do that too? Why only some of us?
The answer I believe lies in the huge thinking brain inside our head - the ultimate source. The position human’s enjoy in this world is all because of the grey matter. We do know that almost all living creature have a ‘routine’ throughout their life. One pig will do the same thing as another, so is the donkey and so is the majority of humanity (with a slight standard deviation). In our routine life we do everything that is possible. There is also a book of rules which distinguishes the good from the bad. But for the human brain to remain ultimate it needs not just to work, but work hard. The brain of individuals who seek out is like a corporation which always has to find the best solution. The rest of the people and other living beings are like the regular local business which does noting innovative and live life by the book. The position that human race enjoys is because few among us have broken the boundaries of routine life. It is because these men and women have made attempts to know what is impossible and what is not, they have tried to experience things themselves and then characterize it as good or bad. They are like the corporations who have dared to do something new across various fields. There might be stories of success and failure alike, but the quest never dies.
So if one loves the world of change and challenges and want to fully utilize the opportunity of being a human being – occasionally do step outside the book of rules and do whatever your ‘brain’ wants you to do. It’s Natural.
STATUARY WARNING: Try and avoid harming others in the process (Source: Book of Rules) 