The Great Perhaps

If you enjoy reading as much as I do, you've probably read more books than you can count. There are few that really get down inside you and change your views. "Looking for Alaska," by John Green is one of those books.
I don't often feel strong connections with characters, only a select few, but two of those characters are in the aforementioned novel.
It would be a waste of my time and yours to delve into a synopsis of the novel. I'd rather get into one of the main things the novel discusses.
The main protagonist in the novel states that he wishes to leave his rather mundane life to seek "The Great Perhaps," words that were apparently the last of one Francois Rabelais. The moment I read those words, they took my head off. What is The Great Perhaps?? The one thing that came to my mind was that it's referring to the uncertain state of post-death. But to seek that Great Perhaps has a suicidal ring to it, which couldn't be it.
What I'm coming to think of The Great Perhaps is that perhaps it represents our Great Potential. The Great Perhaps is a big unknown, so seeking The Great Perhaps means living life with courage and passion. There is most definitely something truly great to be taken from John Green in his novel. I highly recommend it. I may come back to this issue of The Great Perhaps if more thought and meditation yield more fruitful ideas.