Northern Exposure

Do you remember the TV show, "Northern Exposure" about a small Alaskan town?

I liked this show, although I probably only saw a dozen episodes. I don't own any DVD's, but was thinking of getting the entire series of this show on DVD, to take in the RV. It would give me something to watch on rainy days or on days I can't get an internet signal.

I recently came across some quotes or sayings from the show.

A person has three choices in life.

You can swim against the tide,

and get exhausted

or

You can tread water and

let the tide sweep you away

or

You can swim with the tide,

and let it take you where it wants to go.

It's just human.

We all have the jungle inside of us.

We all have wants and needs and desires,

strange as they may seem.

If you stop to think about it,

we're all pretty creative,

cooking up all of these fantasies,

it's like a kind of poetry.

I guess what I am trying to say is,

I don't think you can

measure life in terms of years.

I think longevity doesn't necessarily

have anything to do with happiness.

I mean happiness comes from

facing challenges and

going out on a limb and taking risks.

If you're not willing to take a risk

for something you really care about,

you might as well be dead.

We hold in our hands,

the most precious gift of all:

FREEDOM

The freedom to express our art. Our Love.

The freedom to be who we want to be.

We are not going to give that freedom away

and no one shall take it from us!

I don't remember the actors name, on the show he would
 report the town news and offer up this type of advice
 on the towns radio station.