Adventures

Adventures can happen every day, in fact, the person who lives an exciting, fulfilled life, probably has some everyday, or all day, everyday, may be an adventure.  “Be careful of going in search of adventure – it is ridiculously easy to find.” is what the American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon had to say.  Planned adventures are undertakings that often involve strange places with strange people, different sights and sounds, and surprising twists and turns.  Adventures are usually very thrilling and perhaps risky.  Before an adventure is embarked upon it is a good idea to be prepared. There is even a book on Amazon.com that has five stars called The Adventurer’s Handbook: From surviving an Anaconda attack to finding Your Way Out of a Desert by Mick  Conefrey. And we all have heard of books about adventures, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.  Adventures are when the chain of routine is broken and life is renewed through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies, and adopting new viewpoints.  They lead to new experiences and open new doors.  All adventures are not something actively that we do. They may be adventures of the mind and the emotions as well. George Eliot, the writer, had this to say, “Adventure is not outside a man, it is within.” Unafraid of new ideas, new theories, and new philosophies, the adventurer has a curiosity to experience, test, and try new ways of thinking and living.  He is flexible in adjusting and adapting himself to the changing patterns of life and standing up for himself and what he believes in. A true adventurer considers life a constant quest for the noblest and the best. He keeps his head up and works through tough problems and is not afraid of difficulties. An adventuresome person recognizes that the only limit life has is the one he gives it and comes to realize that he is surrounded by infinite possibilities for growth and achievement. He keeps his heart young and stays vitally alive by realizing life itself is a wonderful adventure.  Alfred North Whitehead (British mathematician and philosopher) wrote, “Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure,” and one could say this about dreams and purposes as well.