Most people are waiting for life to become interesting.
Life is waiting for them to move.
Adventure rarely visits those standing still.
GET OFF THE WELL-TRAVELED ROAD
There is a strange thing that happens to people over time.
We find something that works.
A routine.
A schedule.
A comfort zone.
Then we repeat it.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Soon enough, we are no longer living the routine.
The routine is living us.
AUTOMATIC PILOT
Many people travel the same roads, talk to the same people, think the same thoughts and wonder why life feels repetitive.
The answer is often right in front of them.
The mystery has been removed.
The unknown has been replaced by the familiar.
The adventure has been exchanged for predictability.
Now, while there is comfort in familiarity, there is also a danger.
One can become half asleep while fully awake.
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Get off the well-traveled road.
Take a different route home.
Read something outside your interests.
Visit a place you have never been.
Talk to someone you normally would not.
Ask a different question.
Explore a new possibility.
Life has a fascinating way of revealing itself to those willing to move toward it.
THE ADVENTUROUS SELF
Inside every person is an explorer.
A discoverer.
A learner.
A seeker.
The child within us knew this naturally.
Everything was new.
Everything was fascinating.
Everything invited investigation.
Then adulthood arrived with schedules, responsibilities and routines.
The explorer did not disappear.
It merely fell asleep.
WAKE IT UP
The adventurous side of you is waiting.
Not for permission.
Not for perfect timing.
Not for guarantees.
It is waiting for movement.
The moment you begin, something remarkable happens.
Energy appears.
Interest appears.
Curiosity appears.
Purpose begins to stir.
Movement creates movement.
LIFE RESPONDS
One of the great mysteries of life is that life often responds after we do.
The road does not appear until we start walking.
The opportunity often does not reveal itself until we begin moving toward it.
The next step has a way of introducing itself only after the first one is taken.
This can be frustrating to those who want all the answers before beginning.
Life rarely works that way.
THE UNKNOWN
Most people fear the unknown.
Yet nearly every worthwhile thing in life once existed in the unknown.
Friendships.
Careers.
Homes.
Adventures.
Relationships.
Dreams.
Possibilities.
All hidden from view until someone ventured forward.
THE RISK OF STANDING STILL
Failure is not always moving in the wrong direction.
Sometimes failure is refusing to move at all.
The comfort zone has a hidden price.
It can quietly reduce the size of your world.
What once felt safe eventually becomes limiting.
What once felt comfortable begins to feel confining.
The spirit within knows there is more.
LIFE WANTS TO BE LIVED
Notice how plants grow toward the light.
Animals explore their surroundings.
Children investigate everything.
Creation itself seems driven toward participation.
Why should mankind be any different?
Perhaps we were never intended to merely exist.
Perhaps we were intended to engage.
START ANYWHERE
Look around you.
Assess your circumstances.
Choose something.
Anything.
Then move toward it.
You do not need to see the whole road.
You only need enough light for the next step.
The rest will reveal itself in due time.
THE INVITATION
Life is offering an invitation.
Not tomorrow.
Not someday.
Today.
Step away from the familiar.
Awaken the explorer.
Stir up the adventurous side within.
Get off the well-traveled road.
You may discover that the life you were looking for has been waiting for you to arrive all along.
— Richie
Pearls for the Soul
when you feed the soul, you feed everything.
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