Everyday An Adventure

Everyday An Adventure--

Instead of viewing life as one tiring day following another, why not wrap your head around a new view?  It looks like this.

Everyday we live is a new adventure.  It has never happened before, and it will never happen again.  Everyday brings the opportunity to enjoy new experiences.  Ok--maybe not all experiences are joyful.  But, we can learn from even those that are annoying.

It is easy to become beaten down by our world.  Grocery stores move merchandise around.  We are in a hurry, and nothing is where it used to be.  Under our breath we probably utter words better left under our breath.  The car in front of us drives thirty in a forty-five mile speed zone.  Makes me crazy.  The line at the post office goes from here to Indiana.  Why is that?  So many opportunities for adventure that we would rather not have.

But, what about the co-worker who offers to help us?  Or the friend who sends a funny email?  Or the child who offers a smile or hug?  What about the fact that for the moment good health is our companion.

How can we change the ordinary into an adventure?  Well, how about inviting friends over for dessert and forgetting that the house is not Martha Stewart clean?  How about having pizza for breakfast and eggs for dinner?  How about counting your blessings instead of counting the aggrevating things others do?  How about forgiving more?  How about keeping score less?  How about not saving up all your stamps and cashing them in on some poor fellow traveler who has a box of stored stamps, too?

You see,  adventures are not always about distance.  They can be about what happens between the ears.  Adventures are the way we see our lives.  And the way we live our lives.  Getting away from the everyday can refresh us.  But, most of our lives are lived within a few miles of our homes.  So, the challenge is to make each day have at least one adventure.

My today is almost gone.  It is history.  What adventure did I have today?  Well, I took a long walk with a friend into the woods in search of nature.  She and I will never have that exact same experience again.  It was a moment in time that came my way.  I grabbed it and ran with it. Another adventure of the day was when I purchased toilet paper rolls for a food bank in need of that product.  It was an adventure walking out of the grocery store with my arms full of toilet paper.   People were certainly staring.  Love it when that happens!  That was an adventure.  Or how about the day I put on a life jacket and went into the lake fully clothed?  Yes, I did that a week ago.  And my grandchildren loved it.

Ok--I know you are thinking that I am goofy with these ideas of adventure.  Well, maybe you are right. But while you are sitting there being critical, I am off having another good time.  And most of the good times I have are composed of simple things.  Yes, some adventures take us far away.  Some offer us new experiences.  I love it when those happen.  The truth is for most of us those times happen once or twice a year.  What about all the rest of the weeks?  Can't we think outside the box enough to see the little things of life in new ways?  Can't we make an adventure out of the simple things in life?

Yes, we can if we will.  There is the challenge.  If we will!

So, what adventure will you have tomorrow?  What new twist can you put on something that is everyday?  Hey!  You can do this.  You can spice up life for those around you.  Yep, you can.  I know this much--when you let go, you will enjoy life so much more than when you approach life with clinched fists.

Adventure is waiting.  How creative can you be?