Ready or Not Here I Come!

What is in an adventure? The description of Adventure; "the encountering of risks, an exciting or remarkable experience". Adventure means something different to everyone, after all, what is exciting to one may not be to another. Adventure is what you make of your life and your days. It can be a new place, new time, new faces, new foods, new sights, new feelings. Years ago, my adventures were a new hike to embark upon. Maybe it was not a new hike, but even in a different season a familiar place and seeing it in a new perspective. It has been a same path but with new eyes, or stopping along the way to experience something maybe you passed by before.

An adventure is about perspective and how you approach it. Not sure when the word adventure was just leaving home? Actually, there can be new adventure at home. Just the every day small and simple things can fill your heart and soul with peace and happiness, depends on your attitude and approach. Let's face it, the world these days can feel pretty scary and many places I prefer to shy away from, maybe we need to seek a little harder to see the small things and full-fill the heart in the moment.

We have to make a choice;

"choose the moment

seize every single chance you can

live loud and open

it will set you free". So Ready or not, here I come! Take responsibility for our happiness and believe there is still more joy to come.

Adventure is all around us and every day, you can see it in patterns or colors, you can hear the sky speak to you with a bold sunrise or silence of the stars. The beauty and simplicity in nature look quietly and be thankful for the little things and don't be disappointed because its not a "big thing". The smallest things are really a miracle and miracles are a "big thing".

Don't misunderstand me, big adventures, new places, climbing to top of a new mountain or standing below a waterfall for the first time is stimulating, exciting and breath taking. But if you only look and wait for the big things, you will miss the simple joys and beauty that can fill your heart. Like a child, keep that simple innocence in your heart;

roll down the window and let the air blow on to you

sing to the radio

stop along a journey and enjoy a simple ice cream from that little store

detour slightly to go see that "oldest tree"

a waterfall

a sunset

take a different route and look for wildlife. Fill your heart with simple pleasures because life is too short to not, rekindle the " child inside".

You are the storyteller of your life, your day, it is your adventure. So take new opportunities to explore and discover a new path or see everything along the old path and you may see it for the first time.

"She said, May today be the peace within. May you trust you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts you received and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let your knowledge settle in your bones and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us." - St Therese