An Adventure

I was sitting at my desk while working one morning, picked up the phone and called a friend at her office (this is not something I normally do, unless there is an emergency, this was also before the internet and e-mail)... When she answered the phone, I said, "I need an adventure." She was a bit stunned and laughed, but then went on to say she had a free airline ticket and we should go somewhere. In the end, we did take a vacation together and had a great time.

All this took place about fifteen years ago, and I still find myself needing an adventure from time to time. What I've come to realize is that what I call "an adventure" is really my way of saying, I need to do something different. What I didn't understand at the time I called my friend, was that the restlessness I was feeling was just my inner guidance telling me it was time to do something new. While it was nice to get out of town with a good friend and experience a change of scenery and events together, it wasn't what I really needed.

I needed to experience something different, and this didn't necessarily mean my external surroundings needed changing, it was more about the changes taking place in my internal landscape. There was a shift inside me that was calling for me to take notice... this is what I call restlessness. It moves in subtly and gently nudges at me until it can no longer be ignored. Nothing is working the way it used to and something has to be done differently. This means a new perspective and outlook is asking to be embraced and acted on. This is a moment of opportunity for growth and development. This is when I find myself saying, I need an adventure. I need to undergo things in a different way because I am growing and longing to experience more of myself and what I'm capable of. My old life is no longer working for me... I've become stagnant.

The adventure I'm speaking of does not require leaving the city, my home or the people in my life... it just requires that I view things in a different way; and adopt the new perspective and life that is trying to break it's way through. I choose to call it an adventure because it implies positive change and something I want to experience, as opposed to the changes which are imposed on me and I find myself resisting.

Over the years I've learned to view that nasty word "change" differently. I choose to see it as a chance to have an adventure. "An adventure" just means it's time for some positive change... it means it's time to do something different and be someone more!