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.

Bryan 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 Bryan 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. Bryan knew he could still live even for two, three or four days. He had to. Otherwise he would have to die. Bryan was very hungry. He thought of movies, how the main character ate plants that they know they could eat. But Bryan 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 needs to listen to Perpich, to stay positive,or he will lose hope and die.