Natasha

Hmmm… in many ways, security is a fallacy that we only discover while on an adventure.

I want to feel secure in my ability to accept every adventure that piques my interest and stretches my concept of reality.

That is what I desire. That is what I seek.

Since I was a little girl I’ve craved adventure. It pokes at me. I try as much as possible to poke back.

I know that’s why I love reading and writing books. You don’t know what will be poured onto those pages and how it will end. You just have to dive in and see! The same is true with a great movie; the story pulls me in and I become a character in an even bigger adventure.

Oh dang, what just popped into my head is “that’s why I’m a sappy romantic,” because there’s great risk and adventure in romance. But I’m not diving down that rabbit hole today.

My craving for adventure is why I love sports cars and enjoyed driving and riding at insane speeds on racetracks and highways (ssssh don’t tell anyone 😜). I learned new things while being tested at great risk.

It’s why I turned to hiking and have found myself drawn to camping, to see what I can learn along rugged paths, about this world, and about myself.

I thought I was going to drown scuba diving, but I wouldn’t trade the experience, because I can say I tried it. I’ve seen some amazing sea formations and creatures while snorkeling in different countries. I’ve also met some pretty cool people along my journeys.

For the most part, when it comes to travel adventures, that requires the financial means to explore without considerable limits. A sizable travel budget is a level of “security” that interests me. 🙃😉

There’s so much to see and learn and I hunger for the experiences, lessons, knowledge, and wisdom that I can potentially gain.

Something else that comes to mind is that almost every day is an adventure for me. I’m not saying that to sound cerebral or to blow smoke up your backside. The truth is, I never know what the heck I’m going to learn, see, hear, or do each day. I can have plans but life knows how to distract and disrupt plans, so I’m learning to let go of my tight grip and allow more parts to unfold without thinking they must align with what I list as to-dos for a given day.

My desire for adventure is what motivates me to turn my world upside down, to simplify as much of it as I can, so I’m free to explore and play whenever and wherever I want.

If I wait until I have what I (or society) deems as “security” then I might find that my time has run out, my dreams slipped away, and even my funeral ends up being someone else’s idea of my desires.

So sign me up for a daggum adventure!!!!!

~ Natasha