The teaching of Perpich

I think when Perpich said “you are the best thing you have” he meant that you don’t have

anything, but yourself. You should do the best thing you can. You should believe in yourself.

You have your own strength and ideas to solve problems. You will do things you want yourself

to do. You can control yourself.

Brian thought that searchers might find him that night, but he changed his mind. ”Maybe in

two days, three or four.” He realized something was wrong, he had flown in the wrong direction

of the flight plan. Maybe he was 300 or more kilometre off course. The searchers would search

along the flight plan’s way first. They wouldn’t be able to find him in a short time.

The pilot’s plane was in the deep of the lake. What if Brian was in the forest and they didn’t

see him and flew away? They would think he was dead. His mom and dad would be frantic.

Brian knew he could still live even for two, three or four days. He had to. Otherwise he would

have to die. Brian was very hungry. He thought of movies, how the main character ate plants

that they know they could eat. But Brian had nothing. No fire, no food, no machetes. He

needed to wait 4 more days. He could not wait by sitting under the tree and staring the lake for

four whole days. He got to do something. He needs food and water. He needs to survive. He

need to listen to Perpich, to stay positive. Or he will lose hope and die.

Oct.22, 2015

By Nina