Having adventures and sharing them with others has been one of my joys for as long as I can remember.
When my children were young, we used read stories together and then go enact them out at the playground. I can still hear their peels of laughter as they ran across the climber as billy goats, while I, the the horribly slow and clumsy troll tried to catch them. When they were a little older we’d go places like the zoo to have our adventure for the day. Now that they are living their own lives of discovery at university, those adventures are pleasant memories.
Today, the journey of discovery takes me to new destinations, the opportunity of meeting interesting people, exploring new directions in music, art, food, wine, trying new things, and, I expect (and hope) many I haven’t even thought about doing yet.
I am indebted to a fellow life’s adventurer who, without knowing it, helped me realize the importance of this trait, and inspired the desire to ensure it becomes a life-long goal.
