Often times life stretches out in front of us like a long winding road that we have yet to travel. It looks interesting and frightening at the same time. Going around that corner is unknown, and the unknown excites one person and scares another.
I love driving back country roads with hills and curves and changing scenery. I think it’s the impact of riding through the Asheville Mountains when I was a little girl “lost” on the open highway with my mother and two sisters. We stopped to touch waterfalls and to daydream out loud. For my mother the adventure was a requirement, and she birth that same desire on the inside of me. Now, I look for the changes in life, even the scary ones.
In fact the need for change feels like a quiet rumble in my chest. It’s a simple desire to create something new & alive, now; to shape something powerful into existence, now; to make impact, now; to live more than I have been living, right now; to captivate that best of me and change the world around me or at least to just change for the better, now. Besides, the best version of ourselves, serves others far better than the left overs from over-extending, under-living, and ignoring dreams for new air and adventure.
It’s time to live more, right now! I want to encourage you to take that curve and enjoy what you discover on the other side. Find something simple, new and different in your world like a Zumba Aerobics Class, Salsa night on Saturdays, Painting in the Park, Photography Lessons, and/or a long beautiful ride that ends in a lakeside lunch. Remember, adventure doesn’t have a price tag on it. Many times the less expensive moments hold the more valuable memories.
MizJAI . . . getting ready for a new bend in the road, hoping you join me!
