- To explore the planet and its people.
- To break down social boundaries.
- Rather than reading or hearing inspiring stories; to live the inspiration!
- To cultivate bravery and daring.
- To revive trust and communication between strangers.
- To let go of preconceptions and judgements about what life and people are like.
- To open myself to the universe and see what comes up to meet me!
- To travel cheaply and lightly across large distances.
- To take advantage of the empty seats in vehicles already traveling the direction I'm going.
- To prove that people are essentially caring, hospitable, and generous; and to meet such folks, as they are the ones who stop!
- To see how other people live and think; when you pick up a hitchhiker, you're obliged to talk with them and this can induce thoughtfully heady dialogue and allow you to be creative with the lexicon and body language!
- To ride in the front of trucks and absorb the extraordinary panoramic view!
- To ride in the back of pick-ups and feel the wind slap my face and the sun bear down like liquid fire on my skin!
- To make unlikely friends.
- To befriend police and observe federal policy.
- To stream against the flow, and choose to make friends with strangers despite repeated warnings and concerns rooted in fear and distrust.
- The bus stinks, the plane expands my carbon footprint, and the train (in North America at least) is shoddy and expensive!
- To play with chance + luck + faith.
- To meet other hitchhikers and open thinkers.
- To meet the most kind-hearted and generous people in the world!
- To meet those who really do think of others first and actually put this into practice in their own lives.
- To build community + trust + sharing + growth + love.
- To open my heart.
- To hear some great new music.
- To catch a glimpse of another person's world and what they're creating for themselves...if it is truth based and righteous...to emulate and really learn from their beautiful example.
- To observe the vast plethora of people who stop for a hitchhiker; to let go of stereotypes and false notions.
- To live life and not let life live me.
- To open peoples minds and show them that hitchhikers, indeed "strangers" can be friendly and fun and kind and sincere.
- To make such a good impression so as to inspire drivers to stop again for hikers in the future.
- In true Bene Gesserit style, to not for one second give into fear, fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. To face my fear, permit it to pass over me and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

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