We all live a story. The real question is whether you live a story of adventure. It is this that makes life exciting. This is the life many aspire for at their heart’s depth but few live out. The irony is that very little aspiration is needed to live such a life. It is a matter of perspective and living adventurously today. In fact, you can choose this path of energy and excitement right now!
Let me warn you, though. There are risks. Indeed, it is such risks that make the path adventurous. You must be willing to put a lot on the line. Remember, your rewards will come. First, one’s daily monotony must be broken. Two approaches can be taken: (1) change the lens that you are using to judge the day or (2) change the day. Both used together is optimal.
Begin by realizing that life is not monotonous. It is your mind that creates such. Life is always changing in nearly all facets. We simply miss most of this. We place a level of relativity on these changes, causing us to minimize and ignore many of them. Change must come to this way of thinking! Wonderful things are happening each day that slip directly past our awareness.
You could marvel at the fact that you have put your thoughts into words on the computer screen in front of you. Imagine for a moment at how intricately amazing this process is! You could actually think about how much you enjoy crunching on the ice in your cup during the hour after lunch. Maybe a coworker made you feel good. Take note and go make someone else feel good. After all, our interaction with others is the basis of living a truly adventurous life. These are the first steps to bringing advantageous change to your life.
If you are seeking deep-seated adventure, though, you will go further. You will take risks. You will sacrifice comfort for challenge. You will desire to grow. You will be in search of that which is Greater. Your energy will attract. You will be willing to lose it all, realizing that you really have nothing to lose. There will be something different about you. You will have chosen a unique path.
While seeing the day through a different set of lens, you will also bring change to the day. The “normal” will be shaken as a drop of the “abnormal” will be an added ingredient. Always, you will be looking for opportunities to bring change. One can be radical or mild in such actions. It is the former that creates greatest intrigue.
Send a colleague an unexpected note of reverence. Ask the beautiful girl on a date even though you sure she’ll say “no.” Spend a night with bums. Sleep where they sleep. Eat what they eat. Plainly, call out your boss for his lack of ethics if such a situation involves you. Become a vegetarian for a month. Put the shoe on first that you usually put on last for the next week. Wear clashing colors for a week. Stop and buy lemonade from the young girls. Stay and talk to them. Walk at half speed for a day. Don’t chew your ice – just let it melt in your mouth. Talk to random people around the world on Skype. Clearly, the list can go on and on. Create your own!
You must train your mind to see the world in a slightly different way. In many ways, your mind must think in terms of opposites. It must challenge its tendency for comfort and bring new experiences. You must always be alert and in search of ways you can look at something differently or shake it up.
Begin by changing your perspective and proceed forth as you desire. The life of adventure awaits you!
TS
