The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

Don’t try to be someone, rather find the thing that is so engaging that it makes you forget yourself.

if a lion were to charge, it is critical to meet the charge by standing your ground and showing the lion your own steady strength. To stand your ground means to disrupt the hardwiring in the predator’s instinctual makeup. They are used to things running away.

Ren is more Zen; for him the only choice is the one he has made. He knows any choice will set something in motion. This is the magic of the bush and life. You use your intention, take action, and let go. The bush teaches us that the lesson is more about discovery than being correct. On the trail there is not one way; the only mistake is to not make any choice. As it is in life.

one of the great dangers of my life would be to live without danger. In our encounters with the edges, we come to know ourselves more deeply. Neurosis is a substitute for real suffering. Fearfulness is the most common state in a life that asks for no real courage