Welcome to Adventure week! Don’t you just love the sound of that?
When you hear the word, what does it make you think? Do you remember past adventures or ones you are planning? In my case, I immediately think of things yet to come. I also notice that if I call it an adventure, it had better be big! Adventures aren’t small. To be adventures means something more interesting, including perhaps a bit of daring.
Notice how my view precludes my consideration of anything mundane. If it is “normal” then it couldn’t possibly be an adventure. Tamara suffers a bit from this aggrandizing of adventure too. When she sent over her camping photo she said,”It may not be a trip into space but we had our first camping ‘adventure’ as a family this summer and it was great!” In other words, a trip to space would really be an adventure but what we did was less so.
Ha! What an epiphany for me to get that! And then I looked more closely at the definition of the word.
ADVENTURE– an exciting or very unusual experience.
Wow, not all that crazy is it?
Heck, I could have an adventure doing some pretty ordinary things and Tamara’s camping trip starts to look even more extraordinary!
Of course, January is quick to realize this:
Adventure doesn’t require fancy trips. Our lives provide a constant canvas. It all comes down to the leaps toward the edges of our comfort zone. Those “precarious precipices” can provide plenty of excitement.
This week’s Bliss Initiative is to find adventure where ever you go. Consider stretching your comfort zone. Always go a certain way home from work? Try another route. Add an unfamiliar spice to your cupboard and find a recipe in which to use it. Tell someone what you are feeling even if it scares you a little. Find your edges and try playing there.
So where will you find adventure? What everyday places have edges for you to explore? Certainly you are welcome to plan for something grand but what could life look like if you fostered Adventure where ever you go?
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Tamara and January are here each Monday to help set the mood for the week!
Tamara Magnitsky
Tamara Magnitsky, a child of the wild blue yonder,
has been an ardent student and advocate for poetry, photography and excellence in general.
She is the mother of a daughter and a beloved wife.
She can be found most days.
Bio written by Cary Brosius ~Tamara’s husband 🙂
January Handl
January Handl is first and always a mother, has been a preschool teacher and parent educator for 25 years. She is currently the Director/head teacher at Gazebo Park School, and lives at Esalen Institute in Big Sur. She lives simply in awe of existence.
She calls her photo “hot tub bliss” 🙂