SAS

"Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare." - Voltaire

They only live who dare.

I was watching Bear Grylls (Man vs Wild, a survival show) stuck on the tundra somewhere, and he said something I took for a deeper meaning. Something along the lines of

"If you don't move, you'll die. Movement requires risk."

Our nomadic ancestors knew well this meaning. If they didn't move, if they didn't work, they couldn't eat. Risk is inherent in hunting for animals - if you didn't die or get injured today, perhaps it will happen the next day. Risk is inherent in survival.

Survival requires movement. Movement has inherent risk.

The meaning has been watered down in this day and age.

Don't move, go on the benefit. Don't move, go on facebook. Don't move, just sleep.

Don't move.

Life will pass you by.

It is by all accounts, an early death.

Who dares wins - the SAS motto.