Laws to live by...
I've created these "laws" over the past few years, you may think me pompous but I believe them to be true and pretty funny. To me they are common truths. I live by them, for the most part.
Snyder’s 1st Law: Trust only yourself.
Snyder’s 2nd law: fear profits a man nothing
Snyder’s 3rd law: nothing ends unless you let it end
Snyder’s 4th law: We're all like tops, spinning around bumping into each other. Its amazing how the slightest touch can make such a difference.
Snyder’s 5th Law: With God your never truly alone.
Snyder's 6th Law: False hope is mans greatest enemy, we have instincts for a reason false hope only debilitates them.
Snyder’s 7th Law: Death comes to us all, the only thing that matters is how u meet him.
Snyder’s 8th Law: life is like a long kayak trip, no matter what the current will get u to your destination, regardless of how much u paddle. The question is how fast do u want to get there?
Many of these have popped into my head while camping or working through a hard time. My favorite is #6. I've told others about this law and I truly think that it is good advice. I've heard several stories of survivors who die because they have hope that someone will come and find them. Instead of trying to survive they wait for someone who is never going to come. That is false hope and that is why it makes you weak. #7 Is actually a Viking saying that I changed alittle but it has the same theme.
You may think me stupid but I think that every person should have their own laws, their own rules that they live by. As I've told many people, I forget who told me, "You have to know who you are, before you know where you are going." I always like to tell the people that I take backpacking this because if you don't know your strengths, both mentally and physically, then how do you know how far you can go?
